IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.43125 of 2008 MAYA DEVI Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 3. 13.01.2009 Heard Sri Ajay Mukherjee, Advocate for the petitioner and Sri Dasrath Mehta, APP for the State. Rupees 1,36,000/- was withdrawn on the basis of three cheques, which was signed allegedly by the present petitioner and the informant. It was government money, which was meant for creating infrastructure facility in government school. The informant claimed that the signatures have been forged by the present petitioner and her husband and the amount has been withdrawn. Not only that the very forms of the cheque which were utilized for the purpose of withdrawing the money were also fabricated as the cheque book contained leaves of the cheques which were ultimately utilized in encashing the amount. This fact is supported by the seizure memo also. The petitioner Maya Devi, who was the Secretary of the Vidyalaya Siksha Samiti disputed that the cheques were not bear her signature, but I am convinced after having perused the cheque that those bore her signature and - 2 - further two cheques were bearer, carrying the name of her husband Vijay Prasad. Considering the above, I am not inclined to release the petitioner Maya Devi on bail. The petition is dismissed. However, the petitioner appears filing a petition before the court for taking the specimen of both forged signature and the admitted signature of hers and sending it to expert for comparison. The court must do in the interest of justice. DKS/ (Dharnidhar Jha, J.)