JUDGMENT/ORDER

1. This Criminal Revision Application is directed against the order of conviction and consequential sentence passed by the Court of Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Khadki (trial Court) on 2/9/2014 in R.C.C. No.179/2008 and the judgment and order passed by Additional Sessions Judge, Pune on 28/9/2015, in Criminal Appeal No.493/2014, confirming the order of conviction and sentence by the trial Court. As such, it is a case of concurrent findings of facts.

2. The facts giving rise to the present revision application are as follows :

The applicant is alleged to have forged his caste certificate and used the same knowing it to be false and fabricated, to secure a job in Police Department way back in 1979.

The caste certificate was submitted to the Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee, Pune in 2001. The Committee, vide its order dtd. 11/1/2007, concluded that the applicant did not belong to Koli Mahadeo, Scheduled Tribe, his caste claim towards the same is held invalid. The unsigned caste certificate issued to the applicant by the Tahsildar, Walva, Islampur, District Sangli on 2/2/1979 was cancelled and confiscated.

3. The Deputy Director-cum-Member Secretary of th