Heard Sri Sanjeev Kumar Pandey, learned counsel for the petitioner.

2. The petitioner is being prosecuted on the allegation that he prepared a forged and fake document stated to be a letter from the office of the District Inspector of Schools addressed to the Additional Director making a recommendation in favour of the petitioner so that he could receive the teachers' award from the State Government. This fake document was also utilized by the petitioner for filing a writ petition before this Court that was however dismissed.

3. Sri Pandey on the strength of the judgment of the Apex Court in the case of Gopalakrishna Menon and another Vs D. Raja Reddy and another, (1983) 4 SCC 240 contends that only a complaint could have been lodged that too even at the behest of the official of the court where the alleged fake document is stated to have been filed.

4. An inquiry was conducted and it appears that the fake document was allegedly utilized by the petitioner for receiving some benefit. The said document has been filed as Annexure 2 to the writ petition which was part of the record of the writ petition that had been filed by the petitioner.

5. Sri Pandey contends that the judgm