(i) Forging the signatures of the petitioner and his family members, the respondent/A2 had fabricated a Life Certificate, based on which, he had executed a sale deed in favour of the second accused. Earlier, the first respondent and his father had filed Crl.O.P.No.28113 of 2019 seeking to quash FIR in Crime No.187 of 2019 and this court, while dismissing the quash petition, on 3.3.2020, had directed the accused to produce all the documents connected with the power of attorney and the fabricated Life Certificate issued by Dr.M.J.Gopal alongwith the sale deed to the investigation officer. Further, the investigation officer, on receipt of the documents, was directed to complete the investigation in Crime No.187 of 2019 and to file the final report within a period of 12 weeks from the date of receipt of copy of the order before the jurisdictional Magistrate concerned. Against the dismissal of the quash petition, the first respondent/A2 had filed SLP (Criminal) No.5009 of 2020 before the Hon'ble Supreme Court. Pending the same, the first respondent/accused was arrested on 25.9.2020. He had filed an application for bail in Crl.O.P.No.16317 of 2020 and when the matter had come up for hearing, the petitioner/de facto complainant, during investigation, had brought to the knowledge of this court about the direction passed by this court regarding production of documents. At that time, the first respondent herein/A2 had given an undertaking before the court agreeing to produce the documents in a sealed cover and that he had agreed that the documents might be handed over to the respondent, investigation officer subject to the result of the SLP (Criminal).
