IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr. W.J.C. No.1190 of 2010 MD. SHOAIB, son of Late Md. Gulam Rasul, resident of Mohalla-Chandwara, P.S. Muzaffarpur (Town), District-Muzaffarpur. ---Petitioner Versus 1. STATE OF BIHAR. 2. The Superintendent of Police, Muzaffarpur. 3. The Investigating Officer, Muzaffarpur. ---Respondents ----------- 2. 24.3.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State and Mr Ramakant Sharma, learned Senior Counsel and Special P.P. (Vigilance) appearing for the Vigilance. The prayer of the petitioner is for quashing the First Information Report bearing Sadar Ekma Police Station Case No.96/08 (Special Case No.62/2008) registered on 2.11.2008 for the alleged offences under sections 467, 468, 471 and 409/34 of the Indian Penal Code and sections 12 and 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. It is submitted that the lodging of the First Information Report in question suffers from malice and secondly, even if the entire allegations are taken into consideration, no offence is made out for the offences for which the aforesaid First Information Report has been lodged. It is accordingly submitted that the First Information Report deserves to be quashed. Mr Ramakant Sharma, learned Senior Counsel and the Special P.P. (Vigilance) appearing for the Vigilance submits that on going through the allegations made in the First Information Report, serious offence as alleged against the petitioner is made out and, as - 2 - such, the prayer of the petitioner deserves to be rejected. Considering the rival submissions of the parties, it goes without saying that the investigation of the aforesaid police case be completed at the earliest. In the above circumstances, it is directed that the aforesaid police case be investigated expeditiously without unnecessary delay and upon completion of the investigation, police report be submitted. It is expected that the petitioner would be co-operating with the investigation. The writ application stands disposed of. PNM (Shailesh Kumar Sinha, J.)