JUDGMENT

V. N. Mehrotra, J.- This petition has been filed under section 482 Cr. P.C. praying that the first information report dated 13.7.1979 along with the proceedings in Sessions' Trial No.3 of 1984 State v. Ramanand and others, pending before the Special Judge, Varanasi , be quashed as against the present applicant

2. The facts, which may be relevant for the purposes of the present petition, are that the petitioner, Remanand, is a clerk in the Sales Tax Department. A first information report was lodged oil 13.7.1979 by Senior Treasury Officer, Varanasi, alleging that offences under Sections 419, 420, 465, 468, 471 I.P.C. have been committed by the accused. The assertion was that a large number of sales tax refund vouchers have been forged and payments have been obtained in respect of the same by opening fictitious accounts in the name of various firms. It was also asserted that attempt was also made to get other refund vouchers passed from the Treasury officer but the forgery was detected in time and the attempt could not succeed. An investigation was made on the allegations made in the first information report by the Inspector, C.I.D. (Economic Offences Cell) and ultimately ch