(i) Criminal Petition is allowed in part.
(ii) Crime registered in Crime No.131 of 2022 stands
quashed insofar as it pertains to offence
punishable under Section 420 of the IPC.
(iii) Crime registered in Crime No.131 of 2022 stands
sustained qua Section 406 of the IPC.
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(iv) The investigation in the case at hand shall
continue only in respect of offences punishable
under Sections 406 r/w 34 of the IPC.
I.A.No.1/2024 is disposed, as a consequence.
Sd/-