IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.4928 of 2008 SHAILESH KUMAR & ORS Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 3/ 7.5.2010 Heard. The petitioners were enlisted along with another, namely, Awadhesh Kumar for being recruited as Constables in the Central Reserved Police Force. In fact, they had also been recruited and taken in the service of the said force. However, at the time of selection process they had presented caste certificates indicating that each of them belonged to a particular Scheduled Caste which was sought to be issued by the Sub Divisional Magistrate, Dumraon. The certificates were transmitted to Sub Divisional Magistrate, Dumraon for verification and report and finding that the certificates had never been issued and further that those were forged and fabricated, the Sub Divisional Magistrate, Dumraon, by his letter no. 1215 dated 24.8.2002, instituted Dumraon P.S. Case no. 120 of 2002. On receipt of the report from the Sub Divisional Magistrate, Dumraon, the Additional Deputy Inspector General, Group Centre, CRPF, Muzaffarpur sent his letter to the Officer Incharge of University Campus, B.R.A. Bihar University, Muzaffarpur for instituting a case against the petitioners and another for producing the forged caste certificate at the time of their recruitment. Accordingly, another case vide University P.S. Case no. 9 of 2002 was registered in Muzaffarpur. 2 The prayer is for quashing of the FIR. I find that the first case, i.e., Dumraon P.S. Case no. 120 of 2002 dated 24.8.2002 was under all sections of the IPC including that corresponding to being in possession of a forged certificate and also using it as genuine knowing it to be forged. The same sections of offences are also inserted in the case registered by University Police Station, Muzaffarpur. Thus, the contention that the two cases for the same and similar offences were being investigated into or could be tried by two different courts appears correct. In the light of the above fact, I quash the FIR of University P.S. Case no. 9 of 2002 which is investigated into Muzaffarpur jurisdiction. Dumraon P.S. Case no. 120 of 2002 shall proceed. The petition is disposed of accordingly. Anil/ ( Dharnidhar Jha, J.)