KALIDAS MUKHERJEE, J.

1. THIS is an application under Section 482 read with Section 401 of the Code of Criminal Procedure praying for quashing of the proceedings arising out of Thakurpukur Police Station Case No. 303/2007 dated 07.10.2007 under Section 419/465/468/469/471 of the Indian Penal Code pending before the Learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Alipore.

2. THE prosecution case, in short, is that the petitioner herein appeared in the CAT Examination 2007. It has been alleged that the petitioner and some other accused persons filled up several application forms wherein some anomalies were detected. It is alleged that the following discrepancies have been detected:-

"1. Application Forms with different names and addresses but with same photographs.

2. Application Forms by the same candidate with different addresses. Some of the addresses are matching with the addresses of the candidates who have used same photographs for different names.

3. Similar hand writing and signatures of different candidates.

4. Signatures in capital letters of some of the candidates.

5. Some of the candidates have sent as many as five or six applications with different addresses.

6. Identica