Taking cognisance of the charge-sheet in the fake law degree case against former Delhi Law Minister Jitender Singh Tomar, a Delhi court has summoned him and 13 other accused.
“I take cognisance of offences punishable under Sections 420 (cheating), 467 (forgery of valuable security), 468 (forgery for cheating), 471 (using as genuine a forged document) and 109/120B (abetment of criminal conspiracy) of the IPC,” Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Sandeep Garg of the Saket district courts said.
No chargesheet
The accused also includes employees of the Tilka Manjhi University at Bhagalpur in Bihar from where Mr. Tomar had allegedly procured the fake degree. The police had not charge-sheeted them. The ACMM asked all the accused persons to appear before the court on April 19.
“Though accused Anirudh Das, R.R. Poddar, Surendra Prasad Singh, Ram Avtar Sharma and Ramashish Purbhe have not been charge-sheeted, but a perusal of the record shows that Tilka Manjhi University in Bhagalpur had issued instructions vide letter no. 2675 dated 23.09.1995 and letter no. PR 3621-95 dated 08.01.1998 which were not followed and complied with by accused Anirudh Das, R.R. Poddar, Surendra Prasad Singh, Ram Avtar Sharma and Ramashish Purbhe which prima facie indicates their complicity with the accused persons named in column No. 11 of the charge-sheet, by virtue of Sections 109/120-B IPC,” the ACMM said.
‘False representation’
“Issue summons to accused Jitender Singh Tomar, notice to his surety... ,’’ the ACMM further said. Mr. Tomar is on bail in the case. The Delhi Police had arrested him on June 9, 2015, on the basis of a complaint by the Bar Council of Delhi (BCD).
The council’s complaint filed with the DCP, South, through its secretary Puneet Mittal said that “it’s prima facie established that Mr. Tomar by means of false representation and on the basis of forged marksheets and degree claimed to be a graduate and on the basis of forged provisional certificate claimed to be a law graduate.”
“And on the basis of such false representation and… forged documents obtained enrolment with the Bar Council of Delhi in 2011,” the complaint further said.
