JUDGMENT - PATEL H.D., J.: - The applicants, who are original accused Nos. 1 to 6, 12 and 14, along with other accused were charge-sheeted under sections 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120 of the Indian Penal Code. It is alleged that under the Employment Guarantee Scheme the officers used to issue coupons for purchase of foodgrains to the labourers working under the scheme and the said labourers were required to give those coupons to fair price shop and the fair price shop used to issue food grains at concessional price. The fair price shop-keepers were to tender those coupons to the Treasury and the Treasury Officer in turn used to pay the amounts of the said coupons to the fiar price shopkeepers. It is further allege by the prosecution that the applicants and other accused, who are mostly fair price shopkeepers, conspired together including one Ajaykumar, who is accused No. 13 and prepared fair coupons which were tendered to the Government Treasury and the amounts were collected on such coupons and thereby they have cheated the State Government. Upon acquiring knowledge about the said cheating an investigating agency took cognizance of the offence and investigated the same, with the res

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