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(c) and 66 (d) of the Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008, registered at Police Station City Tohana, District Fatehabad.

2. As per the case set up the accused in connivance with each other on the basis of forged documents were facilitating and procuring passport for the applicants. The documents were forged to hide criminal antecedents of the applicants. The role attributed to the petitioner is that he participated in preparing fake Identity cards and helped one Pardeep for procuring a passport on fake documents.

(d) of the Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008, registered at Police Station City Tohana, District Fatehabad.

As per the case set up the accused in connivance with each other on the basis of forged documents were facilitating and procuring passport for the applicants. The documents were forged to hide criminal antecedents or original identity of the applicants. The role attributed to the petitioner is that he introduced the applicant-Pardeep to co-accused Makhan Singh, Nitin and Neeraj for procuring passport for him as he was not an Indian national. Petitioner was named in a disclosure statement and as per the allegations, Rs.3,00,000/- was transferred in his bank account.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was named in disclosure statement. There is no allegation that he played an active role for procuring the passport or for forging the documents. He submits that the prayer for anticipatory bail was rejected by the Sessions Court on the ground that Rs.3,00,000/- are to be recovered. He on instructions submits that the petitioner is ready to join investigation and reserving his right to defence will deposit Rs.3,00,000/- with the Trial Court/Illaqa Magistrate. He relies upon the fact that co-accused in this FIR have been granted anticipatory bail.