entered alone in her name and thus divested the complainant of her legal right in the ancestral property of her father. It was alleged that all the accused in connivance with each other prepared a false and forged affidavit for entering the mutation in the name of co-accused, Gurdeep Kaur. She has submitted that the petitioner, namely, Amrik Singh, who was the lambardar of village, had attested the same as attesting witness. She has submitted that after registration of the FIR, co-accused, namely, Gurdeep Kaur had settled the dispute amicably with the complainant as she was the sister of complainant. She has submitted that co-accused, namely, Gurdeep Kaur has already filed the petition bearing CRM-M No.2123 of 2024 for quashing of this FIR qua her on the basis of compromise arrived at between her and the complainant vide compromise deed dated 06.01.2024. She has submitted that the petitioner is a senior citizen, against whom the allegation in the FIR is only to the extent that he attested the Pedigree table of the family of complainant. She has submitted that the beneficiary, if at all, is co-accused, namely, Gurdeep Kaur and not the petitioner, Amrik Singh, however Gurdeep Kaur has already settled the dispute amicably with the complainant and thus, prosecution of the petitioner in such circumstances is nothing but an abuse of the process of the Court. She has submitted that the petitioner has no criminal antecedents and he remained behind bars for 02 months when this Court granted him regular bail vide order dated 19.01.2024.
