The present petition has been filed being aggrieved by regi
registration of
an FIR vide Crime No.98 of 2025 registered at Police Station Economic
Offences Wing, Bhopal under Sections 420, 467,468, 471 and 120
120-B of the
Indian Penal Code and Sections 66 C & 66 D of the Information Technology
Act, 2000 on 09.06.2025 stating
stating it to be an abuse of process of law.
2. It is the case of the petitioners
petitioner that the petitioner No.1 is a
partnership firm and subsequent purchaser of the property in question. They
are aggrieved by institution of a manifestly false and vexatious crimina
criminal
proceedings registered
ered at Crime No.98 of 2025 at Police
Police Station Economic
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Offences Wing, Bhopal under Sections 420, 467,468, 471 and 120
120-B of the
Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Sections 66 C & 66 D of the Information
Technology Act, 2000. It is argued that initiation of criminal proceedings
and registration of an FIR is a manifest abuse of process of law. The nature
of dispute clearly falls within the domain of civil law and is devoid of the
essential ingredients necessary to constitute the offences alleged under the
Indian Penal Code and the Information Technology Act.