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"12. It would be a strained thinking that any offence involving forgery of a document if committed far outside the precincts of the Court and long before its production in the Court, could also be treated as one affecting administration of justice merely because that document later reached the court records. xx xx xx xx

23. The sequitur of the above discussion is that the bar contained in Section 195(1)(b)(ii) of the Code is not applicable to a case where forgery of the document was committed before the document was produced in a court."

''24.The sequitur of the above discussion is that the bar contained in S. 195(1)(b)(ii) of the Code is not applicable to a case where forgery of the document was committed before the document was produced in a Court.'' The Supreme Court in the case of Iqbal Singh Marwah (Supra) has also held that where the forgery of the document was committed prior to filing of the same in the Court, then the bar as contained in Section 195(1)

(b)(ii) of Cr.P.C. would not apply and it was held that the law laid down in the case of Sachida Nand Singh (Supra) was correct law.