This petition is filed by the petitioner/accused

under Section 439 of Cr.P.C. for granting bail in Crime

No.173/2021 registered by Chitradurga Town police

station for the offences punishable under Sections

420, 465, 468, 471 of IPC, Sections 62 and 64 of

Karnataka Stamp Act, 1957 and Section 83 of

Registration Act, 1908 now pending on the file of

learned Principal Civil Judge and JMFC, Chitradurga in

C.C.No.1660/2022.

2. Heard the arguments of learned Counsel for

petitioner and learned S.P.P II for the respondent-

State.

3. The case of the prosecution is that one

Ravindra L. Pujar, the District Registrar of Chitradurga

District, has filed a complaint before the police on

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29.09.2021 alleging that the petitioner Manjunatha

Yadav is a deed writer in Chitradurga vide licence

No.26/2011 and he has created K-2 challan illegally

by receiving the amount paid by the purchasers of the

properties. It is further alleged that by manipulating

the K-2 challan, the petitioner has deposited the

lesser amount than what is collected and thereby,

caused wrongful loss of Rs.1,65,87,815/- to the State

Exchequer. He has further alleged that the accused by

creating a manipulated K-2 challan, has paid