DINESH KUMAR Vs. STATE OF BIHAR

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Cr. Appeal No. 118/2009 wherein Dinesh Kumar happens to be the appellant and Cr. Appeal No. 135/2009 wherein Hemchandra Jha @ Hemchandra Choudhary is the appellant, by common judgment of conviction dtd. 4/2/2009 and order of sentence dtd. 10/2/2009 passed by Additional Sessions Judge-VI, Patna in Sessions Trial No. 1163/2005 whereby and whereunder, appellants, Dinesh Singh, Hemchandra Jha have been found guilty for an offence punishable under Ss. 255, 259, IPC and sentenced to undergo RI for four years as well as to pay fine of Rs.1000.00 in default thereof, to undergo SI for six months additionally under each head respectively, appellant, Hemchandra Jha @ Hemchandra Choudhary has been further found guilty for an offence punishable under Ss. 256, 257, and 467 IPC and sentenced to undergo RI for four years as well as to pay fine of Rs.1000.00 in default thereof, to undergo SI for six months additionally under each head, respectively, with a further direction to run the sentences concurrently, on account thereof, both the appeals have been heard together and are being disposed of by a common judgment.

(2.) Ramendra Pratap Pandey (PW-4) filed a written report before SP, CBI, SPE-Patna disclosing therein that one Dinesh Kumar @ Ganesh, son of Late Shiv Dayal Singh, Village-Bihta, PS-Imadpur, Distt-Bhojpur has been apprehended relating to RC Case No. 4(E)/2004-Kol and having a discloser at his end that forged Indian Non Judicial Stamps and Court Fee Stamps are being prepared/printed and supplied by Sh. Bashir Ahmad son of Md. Abdul Haquim, his brother Nasir Ahmad son of Abdul Haquim and Shahnawaz son of Bashir Ahmad residents of Village-Bhadauni, PO and Distt- Nawadah, Bihar, presently residing in the premises of Janta Offset Printing Press, Mohammadpur Road, Near Shahganj Kabristan, Patna-6 and Sri Hemchandra Choudhary @ Hemc Choudhary son of late Jageshwar Choudhary resident of Vill+PO, Hiaripur, PS-Bahera, Distt-Darbhanga, presently residing at the house of Sri Ratnesh Mahto, Dharmendra Niketan, Sweet Heart Lane, Patna-6, he along with team of CBI officials raided the residential premise of Hemchandra Choudhary being under tenancy of Sri Ratnesh Mahto, Dharmendra Niketan, Sweet Heart Lane, Patna-6 as well as at Bharat Block, Ratnesh Lodge, Chak Musallapur, PS- Pirbahore, Patna and during search of the above premises following items were recovered:-

(3.) On interrogation Hemchandra Choudhary disclosed that he prepares the films for the forged stamps in his processing unit at Bharat Block, Ratnesh Lodge, Chak Musallapur, PS- Pirbahore, Patna. On his discloser further seach was conducted at the said premise from where the following recoveries have been made.