U.P. against the appellants. The FIR stated that the appellants had agreed to sell the subject property to Respondent No. 2 and had received part payment for the registry of the subject property. However, the appellants did not register the property and also failed to refund the concerned amount to Respondent No. 2. • The Police recorded the statements of Respondent No.2, and the witnesses under Section 161 of the Code. • According to these statements, the appellants had refused to refund the amount paid by Respondent No. 2 despite repeated requests to do the same. • A complaint dated 03.09.2016 was filed against Respondent No. 2 at Police Station Tis Hazari by relatives of the appellants on account of receiving threats to their life. • The appellants challenged FIR No. 108/2016 in W.P. (Cr.) No.20221/2016 before the Allahabad High Court and sought quashing of the proceedings. 23 “subject property”, for short. Crl. Appeal @ SLP (Crl.) No. 1074 of 2017 & Ors. Page 24 of 38By an order