JUDGMENT

Sureshwar Thakur, J. (Oral) - (Through video conferencing)

1. In FIR bearing No. 209 of 8.12.2019, registered at Police Station Manimajra, U.T., Chandigarh, offences under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B IPC, are embodied. The allegation, as made in the FIR (supra) is of preparation of false documents at the instance of the accused concerned.

2. Apparently, the offences (supra), as are cast in the afore FIR, are construable as offences, qua which the learned Magistrate can make trial as a warrants case, and, or in other words, the offences are non-bailable offences, besides are cognizable offences. The impact of the above is that the investigating officer concerned, has rather independent powers of investigations in respect of commission of offences embodied in the FIR (supra). However, he proceeded to make an application before the learned Judicial Magistrate Ist Class, Chandigarh, seeking an order for taking the specimen, and, admitted signatures of the accused hence for comparisons thereof, being made, with the admitted, and, specimen signatures of the complainant, besides with the disputed signatures existing on the purportedly false document(s). Though, the learned Ma