AGRA: On orders of the district & sessions court judge Mridulesh Kumar Singh, Etah police has registered an FIR against a court clerk for forging signature of two additional sessions judges in two different cases of rape with minors.
According to the police, the accused court clerk, Manoj Kumar, had allegedly forged the signatures of special judges (rape and Pocso Act) Kumar Gaurav and Kailash Kumar on fake release orders of two accused.
According to the police, Manoj Kumar had allegedly forged the signatures of special judges on fake release orders of two accused
Police are now trying to arrest two accused
As a result, the two – accused of abducting and raping minors in two different cases – were released from the district jail in November and December last year. After registering the FIR, police are now trying to arrest the two accused out on ‘bail’.
According to the first FIR filed by court reader (rape and Pocso Act) Agyan Vijay, court clerk Manoj Kumar forged signature of additional sessions judge Kumar Gaurav on the fake release orders of one accused jailed for abducting and raping a minor Dalit girl. Following this, the accused Umesh Singh was illegally released from the district jail on November 7, 2020.
According to the second FIR filed by court reader (rape and Pocso Act) Navratan Singh, Vikas Baghel who is accused of abducting, assaulting and raping a minor girl was illegally released from the district jail on December 9, 2020.
The court clerk had forged the signature of additional sessions judge Kailash Kumar on the fake release orders of the accused. Additional superintendent of police OP Singh said, “On the basis of the primary investigation conducted by an additional sessions judge and complaint received from the judicial staffers, two FIRs have been registered against court clerk Manoj Kumar.
Both the FIRs have been registered under IPC’s sections 420 (cheating and dishonesty) 467 (forgery of valuable security, will, etc), 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating) and 471 (using as genuine a forged document or electronic record).”
City kotwali station house officer Subhash Katheria said, “Investigation has been initiated. The accused court clerk will be arrested very soon. We have also started searching for the two accused men out of jail on the basis of fake release orders. They will be sent back to jail.”
