JUDGMENT Mr. Kuldip Singh J. (Oral):- Petitioner No. 2 is a Real Estate Developer. The learnedcounsel for petitioners contends that petitioner entered into agreement tosell with various persons prior to year 2013, regarding sale of plots/flats.All the terms and conditions were mentioned therein. One copy of theagreement to sell is annexed with the petition as Annexure-P-1. The learnedcounsel for petitioners has pointed out that in case of technical defect, thebuyer was entitled for refund of earnest money and in case of change of size,location etc., the buyer was given right to accept the changed flat/plot.The learned counsel for petitioners contends that in some of the cases, thebuyers have defaulted in making payments. Though, it is a civil disputeand civil suits to enforce rights under the agreements have become timebarred, even then the police is registering FIRs against petitioners underSections 406, 420 IPC and forcing the petitioners to refund the earnestmoney. It is contended that two such FIRs have already been registeredagainst petitioners and some other complaints are under process. The prayeris for grant of blanket anticipatory bail. 2. After arguing for some time, the learned counsel for petitionersdoes not press the blanket anticipatory bail at this stage and seeks to pressonly this much prayer that police should be directed to first determine thefact whether it is a civil dispute and whether it has become time barredand that the petitioners should be given an opportunity of hearing during thepreliminary inquiry. 3. It being so, at this stage, petition is disposed of with a directionto respondents that in case a complaint is received regarding agreements ofsale of plot/flat by the petitioners, the police will first conduct thepreliminary inquiry and determine whether it is a civil dispute or criminaloffence and further whether the civil dispute has become time barred. Thepolice will also grant opportunity to the petitioners to put forward their sideof the case and thereafter take action in accordance with law. However, if acriminal case is registered against the petitioners, the petitioners will alwaysbe at liberty to approach this Court for quashing/grant of anticipatory bail,keeping in view the peculiar facts of the said case.