S.S.Grewal, J.

1. This petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as the Code) relates to quashment of the impugned First Information Report No. 344 dated 27.7.1979 under sections 420/468/470/120-B IPC and section 5(1) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, registered at Police Station, Sector 34, Chandigarh and subsequent proceedings taken thereunder.

2. In brief, according to the allegations in the impugned First Information Report, quotations for the purchase of 20 weigh-bridges were obtained by Haryana Agricultural Marketing Board, (hereinafter referred to as the Board) from firm M/s Avery India Ltd., firm Bird & Company and firm M/s George Sholter. The quotation at the rate of Rs. 72,000/- to complete 20 weigh-bridges, offered by M/s Bird & Company, being the lowest, was approved by Shri Munshi Ram IAS the then Chairman of the Board. No quotation was actually obtained from Firm M/s George Sholter India Ltd. and it was disclosed that the quotation purported to have been offered by this firm did not bear the signatures of their agent Shri A.K. Rai, rather it was found to be in hand of Shri K. K. Talwar an agent of M/s Bird &