JUDGMENT

Raveendran, J. — Leave granted.

The Order dated 25.8.2006 passed by the High Court of Karnataka rejecting Criminal Petition No. 1021 of 2006 filed by the Appellant under section 439 of Criminal Procedure Code is under challenge.

2. The Circle Inspector of Police, Upparpet Police Station, Bangalore City registered an FIR relating to counterfeit stamps and stamp-papers as Crime No. 545 of 2000 against Abdul Karim Telgi, in respect of offences punishable under sections 255 to 260, 265, 467, 468, 471 to 475, 420 read with section 120B IPC. Thereafter, the investigation was taken up by Stamp Investigation Team (for short ‘STAMPIT’) and on the basis of its report, Crime No. 1100/2002 was registered at Madiwala Police Station, Bangalore, on 16.10.2002 for offences punishable under section 120B, 255 to 258, 260 and 420 IPC read with section 63B of Karnataka Stamp Act 1957 against the said Abdul Karim Telgi and others.

3. After further investigation, P.N. Jayasimha, Senior Superintendent of Central Prison, Bangalore, and the appellant (working as Asst. Superintendent of Central Prison, Bangalore) were impleaded as Accused Nos. 32 and 33 under supplementary charge-sheet filed in Crime