AB 3415/2011 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE B D AGARWAL By this application under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Pr ocedure Code, 1973, the petitioner, namely, Sri Bipul Chandra Goswami, is prayin g for bail apprehending his arrest in connection with Diphu PS Case No. 130 of 2 011, under Sections 420/468 of the Indian Penal Code. Heard Sri B R Dey, learned Senior Counsel for the petitioner as well as Sri B B Gogoi, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State of Ass am. The Investigating Officer, namely, SI Manimohan Singha also appe ared in person. The Case Diary was perused. The FIR was lodged by the Joint Director of Health Services, Kar bi Angling District, Diphu, alleging that a sum of Rs. 5, 49,000/- has been misa ppropriated by the accused petitioner by issuing 3 (three) different cheques for ging his signature. In his statement before the Investigating Officer, the infor mant has flatly denied giving signatures on the cheques, mentioned in the FIR. The petitioner’s case is that he is the District Malaria Officer and he issued cheques to discharge the liability of hiring taxis. However, out of the three persons in whose names the cheques were issued one person namely, S ri Rajamoni Bharali, is still absconding. The other person, Sri Jayanta Duwarah has not supported the petitioner’s statement of issuing cheques against hiring o f any vehicle. Besides this, the petitioner has not submitted any document of h iring the vehicles of three persons or the details of bills etc. Hence, it is not a fit case for grant of anticipatory bail to th e petitioner. Accordingly, this Anticipatory Bail Application stands rejected. The petitioner is directed to surrender before the Investigating Officer immediately, since the investigation is not progressing for his interro gation. Before closing the case, I would like to mention here that altho ugh the FIR was lodged on 30th of September 2011 and the informant denied the ge nuineness of the signatures on the cheques, the Investigating Officer has not ta ken any steps to send the cheques to obtain opinion of the handwriting expert. I n this way, the investigation is not being conducted in an unscientific manner. Hence, the Superintendent of Police, Karbi Anglong, is directed to depute a Senior Officer to supervise the case. The Registry is directed to send a copy of this order to the Sup erintendent of Police, Karbi Anglong.