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Can a case under section 420 of ipc be quashed in High court?


20-Sep-2025 (In Criminal Law)
Four women of scheduled caste was tricked in believing that a land belongs to them by the sarpanch of the village and asked them to sell it to him (sarpanch) for the sum of 4 lac, after sometime the real owner has filed a case against the four women under section 420 of ipc for cheating and fraud. Also out of 4 women 2 are old and illiterate and remaining 2 are almost 50 , all due diligence of the property while buying and even agreement was made by the buyer i.e sarpanch lawyer,what can be done
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Answer #1
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The women should (1) file an application before the court/investigating officer to implead the Sarpanch and his lawyer in the case, (2) lodge a separate complaint under BNS / IPC and SC/ST Atrocities Act highlighting misuse of power against Scheduled Caste women, and (3) simultaneously write to the State Bar Council seeking disciplinary proceedings against the lawyer for aiding in the deception. Witnesses are extremely important in this matter they can make the difference between the women being wrongly convicted under BNS/ IPC or being exonerated as victims. Since the allegation of cheating requires proof of dishonest intention at the very beginning of the transaction. If credible witnesses corroborate that the women acted in good faith and were misled, the court is less likely to frame them as accused and more likely to treat them as victims.
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Answer #2
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file a criminal case against the sarpanch and launch the FIR first of all and file a recovery suit against the sarpanch for recovery of money given to the sarpanch make sure that sarpanch resigns from the post and gets arrested for this act
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Answer #3
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Well, you can file a Civil Suit to claim back that Property if you are the owner, if not, you cannot file having no locus standi, Case can be filed against those two SC women and that lawyer who entered into illegal transfer of property without actually seeking NOC of the Real Owner or the lawyer would have to deal with the real owner!
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