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5. The investigation has further revealed that false panchanamas were prepared by the Crime Branch Police Officers including PSI R.M.Pawar to show the questioned seizure at a different place and of different date i.e. Page 407 10th October 2000. The accused police officers had also shown a false recovery from the house of Jai Kishan Singh @ Bengali at 1916, Maharashtra Hsg. Colony, Satpur, Nashik by way of creation of false records. Investigation has further revealed that when Savita Singh w/o Bengali was arrested and brought to Crime Branch, she had revealed in her statement to accused Anil Deshmukh and R.M.Pawar that her husband was doing the stamp business at Nashik on behalf of AKL Telgi, who was staying in Mumbai. During the search of office of M/s.Unique Enterprises, Bitco Point, Nashik Road, belonging to Jai Kishan Singh, conducted on 17th November 2000, PSI Pawar seized two receipt books and an office file containing details of the machineries purchased in auction from Indian Security Press, Nashik by J.K.Singh. The diary also revealed about the business links of Jai Kishan Singh with AKL Telgi. On same day, when the statement of Rajaram Bhaguji Jadhav, the owner of the office premises of M/s.Unique Enterprises was recorded by accused R.M.Pawar, he had told him that the said office belonged to AKL Telgi and Jai Kishan Singh is looking after the business from this office. The Investigating Officer PSI R.M.Pawar under the supervision of PI Anil Deshmukh even after having known the fact that AKL Telgi is the main accused in the fake stamps business deliberately and in consideration of pecuniary advantages, ignored vital facts including the testimonies of important witnesses.

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7. The investigation has further revealed that accused R.M.Pawar during investigation at Mumbai on 11th June 2001 caught hold of Sirajuddin Nasipudi and examined him there. Even though the examination of Sirajuddin Nasipudi by PSI Pawar revealed that he was looking after the work of transport of AKL Telgi at Mumbai and Nashik, he was brought to Nashik and then let off. Thereby accused police officers knowingly and dishonestly allowed a close member of organised crime syndicate, Sirajuddin to go scot free for monetary consideration. By this they ensured that activities of organised crime syndicate of AKL Telgi would go on unaffected. The investigation has further revealed that the stamps were printed by accused AKL Telgi at Mumbai and were further transported to Nashik, initially in the car of Jai Kishan Singh and later on through transport managed by Sirajuddin Nasipudi, for doing perforation work. The perforating machines were installed at G-74, MIDC Ambad, Nashik (Rajni Industries) where Shiv Shankar Singh along with Madhu, Lakhi, Mahiram and Umesh Nayak had done perforation work on the instructions of Jai Kishan Singh. The investigation has further revealed that after the registration of crime No.123/2000 of PS Satpur, Jai Kishan Singh @ Bengali negotiated about the settlement of case against him and AKL Telgi with PI Anil Deshmukh and PSI R.M.Pawar, IO of the case and paid Rs.10.00 lakh. The said amount was paid to both the police officers for ensuring that AKL Telgi and Jai Kishan Singh do not figure in the instant case. However, Jai Kishan Singh was arrested while AKL Telgi did not figure as accused any where in the investigation conducted by Crime Branch, Nashik. The investigation has further revealed that Sirajuddin Nasipudi was intercepted by PSI Pawar and his team at Mumbai on 11th June 2001 and was brought to Nashik for interrogation. Even though, Sirajuddin disclosed about his affiliation with AKL Telgi, he was let off by the Crime Branch, Nashik for which a sum of Rs.7.00 lakh was paid by AKL Telgi to PSI Pawar. Thereby a close aide of AKL Telgi was freed in order to see that activities of organised crime syndicate of Fake Stamps of AKL Telgi continue. The investigation further revealed that the interest of organised crime syndicate run by AKL Telgi was protected by the accused Police Officials by way of manipulation in case records like disclosure statements of Jai Kishan Singh @ Bengali and the corresponding CDs wherein the name of AKL Telgi was deliberately omitted and others who were not directly connected with the crime were implicated. The investigation has further revealed that the conduct of accused police officials during investigation of the said crime was apparently not to go for the original source of printing of the stamps but to undertake superficial searches and to extort money in the process and ultimately confer benefit on the organised crime syndicate of fake stamps run by AKL Telgi, which continued unabatedly, even after this crime was registered.

20. Applying these tests, what is revealed in this case is that investigations carried on by the applicant while seizing counterfeit stamps and arresting some persons demonstrate that the said Bengali was doing the work of perforation of counterfeit stamps. These premises are at MIDC, Ambad. The work of perforation was carried out by said Bengali on the stamps printed and supplied to him by AKL Telgi from Mumbai. It is alleged that the investigations also disclose that accused Bengali entered into criminal conspiracy with the applicant to save himself and Telgi from punishment and in furtherance of the said criminal conspiracy he paid Rs.10.00 lakh as pecuniary benefit to Anil Deshmukh and R.M.Pawar. This was to ensure that the names of Telgi and Bengali were kept away from the crime. It is alleged that the applicant diverted the line of investigation from accused Telgi to Hemant Dubey who was later on arrested in the same crime without there being any evidence to show his involvement. It is also revealed that applicant Deshmukh obtained pecuniary benefits of Rs.10.00 lakh from Dubey and got him discharged. Similar was the modus operandi as far as Sirajuddin Nasipudi. All this was to prevent AKL Telgi from being arrested in the said case. A very serious charge of fabrication of investigation right from the registration of the case is made against the applicant and it is alleged that this was done so that the source of stamps could not be established.

22. The statement of Vavre also corroborates the above fact. It need not be referred to in details save and except pointing out that it contains the same names namely Bengali and the applicant as well as Karimbhai. In fact Karimbhai and Bengali in turn refer to their Boss (Seth) and it appears that he is none other than the prime accused Telgi. That they all are working for Telgi is clear from the statement of Rupali Hemant Dubey which is referred to by Shri Gharat. In her statement it is clearly stated that Sirajuddin is the man of Telgi. The statement of Hemant Dubey refers to his being booked in the case of fake stamp of Telgi. He also refers to the payment made by wife of Hemant Dubey (Rupali) to PSI Pawar. The statement of Raju Satpute is also referred to by Shri Gharat. That shows as to how investigations were carried by the applicant and the lapses committed deliberately in the same.