Criminal Misc. No.M-22797 of 2008 -1- **** IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No.M-22797 of 2008 Date of decision : 1.12.2008 Bir Singh .....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ...Respondents **** CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S. D. ANAND Present: Mr. T.P.S. Tung, Advocate for the petitioner Ms. Manjari Nehru,Deputy Advocate General, Punjab Mr. Deepak Aggarwal, Advocate for the complainant. S. D. ANAND, J. The petitioner is a property dealer. The prosecution allegation is that he was an instrumental in obtaining a forged power of attorney by pursuading a co-non-applicant accused to impersonate one Darshan Singh @ Inderjit Singh Bhatia. While dismissing the bail plea of the petitioner (in Criminal Misc. M-20670 of 2008- Darshan Singh alias Inderjit Singh Bhatia Vs. State of Punjab), this Court noticed an averment on behalf of the State counsel that the photograph of the petitioner therein appears on the power of attorney wherein he is described as Inderjit Singh Bhatia. In the present case. The Investigating agency had been able to collect the evidence to prove that it was the petitioner before this Court who was instrumental in the obtaining of the impugned forged power of attorney. In the light of the fore-going discussion, this Court find that it is not a fit case for the quashment of the FIR No. 75 dated 16.3.2007 under Criminal Misc. No.M-22797 of 2008 -2- **** Sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B IPC registered at Police Station Civil Lines, Amritsar (Annexure P-1). The allegation by the petitioner that the impugend prosecution is an act of reprisal shall be adjudicated upon at the trial only. The petition shall stand dismissed accordingly. December 01, 2008 (S. D. ANAND) Pka JUDGE