UP cop submits ‘forged’ acquittal order in 2005 case, booked in fresh FIR
A UP police constable from Lakhimpur Kheri allegedly submitted a forged court order to clear his name in a 20-year-old case, hoping for promotion. The fake acquittal document was detected during verification, leading to new charges of forgery, cheating, and using a forged document against him in Banda. A departmental inquiry and legal proceedings are now underway.
New Delhi: A UP police constable, booked in a 20-year-old case, allegedly tried to clear his name during a probe by submitting a forged court order claiming he had been acquitted, The Indian Express reported. The cop is from Lakhimpur Kheri.
The forged document was detected when the ‘court order’ was examined properly. Police said constable Bhai Lal allegedly used the forged order in a bid to tilt the probe in his favour at a time when his promotion was pending, the report added.
What were the charges against him in 2005 case?
Banda police have registered a case against Lal, who is in his forties. The 2005 case pertains to charges of voluntarily causing hurt and criminal intimidation.
Krishna Kant Tripathi, Circle Officer, Banda, was quoted as saying that during a detailed probe, the court order filed by Bhai Lal was found to be forged. After the confirmation of the forgery, a case was filed against the constable at the Naraini police station.
The case has been registered under IPC sections 467 (forgery), 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating), 420 (cheating), 471 (using as genuine a forged document) and 419 (cheating by personation). The cop is yet to be arrested.
The police said that the departmental inquiry against Bhai Lal was being carried out and the probe officer has sought an updated report from the Naraini police station related to the 2005 case pending against him. A records search was carried out at the police station, after which a report was prepared and sent to the inquiry officer.
What came to the fore?
The report pointed out that as per official records, the case had been probed and a chargesheet was filed in court. The matter is still pending in court, it added.
The report pointed out that in the 2005 case, the chargesheet was filed under IPC sections 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt), 325 (punishment for voluntarily causing grievous hurt) and 506 (criminal intimidation). Charges are yet to be formally framed against Lal.
The Circle Officer said that the officer probing the case reported that Bhai Lal had filed a court order, which claimed that he had been acquitted in the case in 2016. The document was verified and it was found to be fake. And hence, it was decided that an FIR must be registered against Bhai Lal.