1,67,21,520.00/ to the State Government.
All the three appellants have since retired from the service of the LIC.
On 30.07.2004, a First Information Report in short FIR bearing Crime No.
The LIC used to purchase the same from the Treasury in any district as well as from authorised licensed stamp vendors.
11912/Stamps 693 P /2002 2003 83 84 dated 26.06.2004 written by the Commissioner, Stamps, U.P., Allahabad and letter No.
1,000/ the rate of stamp duty is fixed at 40 paise on each policy.
271/04 was lodged against the appellants at Police Station Bhelupura, Tehsil Sadar, District Varanasi for the offences punishable under Sections 420/409 of IPC and under Sections 64/69 of the Stamps Act in relation to the purchase of certain stamps.
8967, 10514 and 7227 of 2004 whereby the above three separate writ petitions filed by the appellants herein were dismissed.
Aggrieved by the said orders of the High Court, the appellants have preferred the present appeal.
It was companytended by the appellants that the FIR was lodged only on the directions of the higher authorities for the purpose of arresting the present appellants so as to humiliate and harass them.
Brief facts necessary for the purpose of disposal of present appeal are as follows Appellants herein were working as officers in different capacities at relevant point of time in the Life Insurance Corporation of India in short LIC and were then posted in different offices in the State of Uttar Pradesh.
A perusal of the FIR shows that it was lodged on the basis of a letter bearing No.
237245 6 2003 04 Mu, Ra, La. dated 28.7.2004 written by the Commissioner, Varanasi Division, Varanasi.
In the said writ petitions the appellants herein challenged the FIR registered against them under Sections 420 and 409 of the Page 1 of 20 Indian Penal Code, 1860 in short IPC and under Sections 64 and 69 of the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 in short Stamp Act .
In order Page 2 of 20 to execute the insurance policies promptly, from time to time, heavy purchases of insurance stamps are stated to be done by the LIC.
Dr. Mukundakam Sharma, J. Leave granted.
This appeal arises out of the final order dated 3.8.2006 passed by the High Court of Allahabad at Allahabad in Criminal Misc.
Writ Petitions Nos.
