Penal Code, 1860–Secs. 420, 467, 468, 471 & 120-B [Corresponding Secs. 318(4), 338, 336(3), 340(2) & 61(2) of BNS, 2023]–FIR for the offence–Sustainable against whom ?–Petitioner was working as a patwari–There is no allegation that the purchasers named in the registered sale deed were fictitious–The role attributed to the petitioner arises only at a subsequent stage when mutation proceedings were undertaken on the basis of already registered sale deed–No substantive material indicating conscious participation of the petitioner in the alleged conspiracy–No material to show that he had prior knowledge regarding alleged impersonation of the executants–Held, FIR qua the petitioner deserves to be quashed.
