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New Delhi, Jan 18: The Additional Sessions Judge, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi has convicted four accused persons i.e. Gurdeep Singh; Sanjay Kumar; Manoj Kumar & Ashok Kumar and sentenced them to undergo three years Rigorous Imprisonment with a fine of Rs.5000/- each U/s 468, 471 r/w 120-B, 420/511 r/w 120-B IPC
The case was registered on 17.02.1999 U/s 120-B, 420, 468 & 471 IPC on the basis of a complaint from the office of Prime Minister, New Delhi relating to a Forged Letter dated 16.10.1998 purported to have been written by the then Prime Minister of India as addressed to the Chief General Manager, Telecommunications, M.P.Circle, Bhopal forwarding an application dated 6.9.1998 of Shri Gurdeep Singh, an Assistant, Department of Telecom for his transfer from Chattarpur (MP) to Sagar Telecom Division, M.P. and expedite the matter immediately for his transfer from Chattarpur to Sagar.
After thorough investigation, a chargesheet was filed on 28.01.2000 in the Court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi U/s 120-B, 420, 468 & 471 IPC against accused Gurdeep; Sanjay Kumar; Manoj Kumar & Ashok Kumar.
The Trial Court found all the four accused guilty and convicted them.
The Special Judge, Lucknow convicted Sudhakar Tripathi, the then Cashier of State Bank of India Domariaganj (UP) and two private persons, Abid Ali & Ram Shankar Singh @ Sohail in a Fake Indian Currency Note Case and sentenced them to undergo six years Rigorous Imprisonment with a fine of Rs.Five lakh each U/s 489-B & 489-C of IPC. Further, the genuine currency to the tune of Rs.17.19 lakhs which was recovered from the residence of Sudhakar Tripathi was ordered to be confiscated in favour of the State.
The Fake Indian Currency Notes(FICN) to the tune of Rs.Five Lakh from Abid Ali(Private person); Rs.5,000/- from Sudhakar Tripathi, the then Cashier at State Bank of India, Domariaganj and Ram Shankar Singh(Private person) were seized from their possession.
CBI filed a chargesheet against all the three accused on 21.10.2008 . The Trial Court found the accused guilty and convicted them.
One of the accused Ram Shankar Singh has also been earlier sentenced to undergo four years Rigorous Imprisonment with a fine of Rs.5,000/- on 24.10.2011 in another FICN case investigated by CBI.
Read more / Original news source: http://manipur-mail.com/four-persons-sentenced-in-a-forgery-case/
