PROPERTY FRAUD: POLICE REFUSED FIR — THEN WHAT?

YOUR PROPERTY IS AT RISK — AND POLICE MAY STILL SAY: “CIVIL DISPUTE HAI”

Imagine discovering a registered Gift Deed concerning your family property which you believe was fabricated.

You go to the police.

You complain to senior police officers.

Still, no FIR.

You approach the Magistrate seeking police investigation.

And the answer may still be:

“Evidence is already in your possession. Prove it yourself.”

This is not a theoretical situation.

In Sunita Aggarwal v. Jai Prakash Tayal & Anr., a Delhi District Court judgment dated 13 July 2026, the dispute concerned property D-37, Kamla Nagar, Delhi.

The complainant alleged that her mother was the absolute owner of the property and died intestate in 2011.

According to the complaint, the legal heirs consequently became co-owners.

But there was a major problem.

A registered Gift Deed dated 07.06.2007 had allegedly been created in relation to the property.

The complainant alleged that her mother had been medically and physically unfit and could not have executed the document or even travelled for the valuation process.

She further alleged forgery, criminal conspiracy, cheating and criminal breach of trust.

She said she complained to the police and senior police officers — but received no satisfactory action.

She then sought an FIR through an application under Section 156(3) CrPC.

But the Magistrate declined to direct police investigation.

Why?

The court noted that the alleged accused were known to the complainant, the relevant facts were within her knowledge, and the evidence was considered accessible to her.

The court therefore took cognizance of the complaint but directed the matter towards pre-summoning evidence, rather than ordering an FIR investigation.

The complainant challenged that decision.

On 13 July 2026, the revisional court dismissed the revision and upheld the order.

Importantly, the court clarified that this did not decide the merits of the underlying property allegations. The complaint itself continued.

Now understand the practical danger.

A property owner or legal heir may think:

“मेरी property के documents में fraud हुआ है, police FIR करेगी.”

But the police may say:

“Civil dispute है.”

Then you may be pushed towards a Magistrate.

And even there, a request for police investigation is not automatically granted.

The court may ask:

What evidence do you already possess?

Who are the accused?

What exactly must police investigate?

What evidence can only the police obtain?

Are original records, forensic examination or other investigation actually necessary?

This is why merely shouting “property fraud hua hai” is not enough.

You need a properly documented chronology.

Original document.

Registration details.

Stamp-paper details.

Medical records, if incapacity is alleged.

Revenue records.

Sub-Registrar records.

Previous complaints to SHO/DCP.

Acknowledgements.

Civil proceedings.

Specific contradictions in the disputed document.

And a precise explanation of why the complainant cannot obtain the crucial evidence without investigative powers.

Because once a disputed document starts appearing in court proceedings, property litigation can become a battle not merely over “who owns the property”, but over:

WHO CREATED THE DOCUMENT?

WHO USED IT?

WHO KNEW ABOUT IT?

WHO BENEFITED FROM IT?

AND WHY DID THE POLICE NOT INVESTIGATE?

Property fraud ka sabse dangerous stage kabhi-kabhi fraud discover hona nahi hota — balki fraud discover hone ke baad wrong procedural step lena hota hai.

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If your matter involves property fraud, inheritance, forged or disputed Gift Deeds/Sale Deeds, suspicious POA, relatives claiming your property, police refusal to register an FIR, court notices or summons, mediation/conciliation, Vakalatnama or questionable legal representation, do not wait until the disputed document becomes entrenched in the litigation.

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When police says “civil dispute hai”, your next procedural move matters.

जब property का document ही disputed हो, तो सिर्फ complaint करना काफी नहीं — complaint की strategy भी important है.