RAJ MOHAN SINGH, J.

1. The petitioner seeks grant of regular bail under Section 439 Cr.P.C in case bearing FIR No. 27 dated 13.04.2023, registered under Section 420, 465, 468, 471, 120-B IPC at Police Station Daba, District Ludhiana.

2. As per allegations in the FIR, the complainant Jasminder Singh, patwari alleged that the petitioner came to him in the patwarkhana and handed over photocopies of five sale deeds for the purposes of entering mutations. The signature along with stamp of Rajinderpal Kaur Chhenna, MLA was present on the sale deeds. The complainant went to the office of MLA in order to verify whether the signatures were genuine or not. The MLA told him that she never appended any signature on any photocopy of the sale deed nor affixed any stamp on any photocopy of the sale deed. On inquiry, the complainant came to know that Maninder Kaur, who is working in the office of MLA was instrumental in affixing the stamp of the MLA and putting the signature of MLA in connivance with the petitioner.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the FIR has been registered in violation of principles laid down in Arnesh Kumar vs. State of Bihar, 2014 (8) SCC 273 and Satender Kuma