2023 Supreme(Online)(All) 24026
ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT
Dinesh Kumar Singh, J
DHARAMVEER SINGH and ANOTHER – Appellant
Versus
CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION DEHRADUN – Respondent
CRLA/38/2018
Headnote:
Fact of the Case:
The accused appellants applied for the post of Daak Assistant based on forged and fabricated educational documents. The matter was referred to the CBI for investigation, and a charge sheet was filed against them for offences under Sections 120-B read with Section 419, 420, 467, 468, 471 IPC and Section 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(d) of Prevention and Corruption Act, 1988.
Finding of the Court:
The trial court convicted the accused appellants for offences under Sections 120-B read with Section 420, 467, 468 and 471 IPC and Section 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(d) of Prevention and Corruption Act, 1988.
Final Decision: The appeals were partly allowed, and the sentence of the accused appellants was reduced to the sentence already undergone by them pending the appeals.
Court No. - 87
Case :- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 38 of 2018
Appellant :- Dharamveer Singh And Another
Respondent :- Central Bureau Of Investigation Dehradun
Counsel for Appellant :- Rohit Nandan Pandey,Kripa Shanker
Mishra,Saurabh Gour,Yash Tandon
Counsel for Respondent :- Amit Misra,G.A.,Gyan Prakash
with
Case :- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 370 of 2018
Appellant :- Surendra Singh
Respondent :- C.B.I. Dehradun
Counsel for Appellant :- Rohit Kumar Singh,Kripa Shanker
Mishra,Lav Srivastava,Ram Singh Yadav
Counsel for Respondent :- Gyan Prakash
with
Case :- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 347 of 2018
Appellant :- Raj Bahadur @ Shree Krishna
Respondent :- C.B.I.
Counsel for Appellant :- Rajesh Yadav,Govind Saran
Hajela,Kripa Shanker Mishra
Counsel for Respondent :- Gyan Prakash
with
Case :- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 242 of 2018
Appellant :- Roshan Lal @ Siyaram And Another
Respondent :- State of U.P. and Another
Counsel for Appellant :- Devesh Pratap Singh Chauh,Govind
Saran Hajela,Kripa Shanker Mishra,Ratan Singh
Counsel for Respondent :- G.A.,Gyan Prakash
with
Case :- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 354 of 2018
Appellant :- Sunder Lal
Respondent :- C.B.I. Dehradun
Counsel for Appellant :- Rohit Kumar Singh,Kripa Shanker
Mishra,Ram Singh Yadav
Counsel for Respondent :- Gyan Prakash
Hon'ble Dinesh Kumar Singh,J.
Heard Sri Kripa Shanker Mishra, learned counsel for the
accused appellant and Sri Sanjay Yadav, learned counsel for the
CBI.
1. The present appeals under Section 374 (2) CrPC has been
filed against the common judgment and order dated 16.11.2017
passed by the Special Judge, Prevention of Corruption (C.B.I.),
Court No. 1, Ghaziabad in Special Case No. 25 of 2011 (Ex-
case No. 65 of 2005).
2. As per the prosecution case, the accused appellants in
pursuance to the advertisement published on 16.12.1991 for the
post of Daak Assistant made applications and they obtained
employment on the basis of forged and fabricated educational
documents. The matter was referred to the C.B.I. for
investigation and after investigation charge sheet has been filed
against the accused Badri Prasad, Haripal Singh, Harish Babu,
Dharmveer Singh, Virendra Singh @ Prem Singh, Raja Bahadur
@ Shrikrishn, Satyapal Singh @ Subhash Chandar, Mahesh
Singh @ Indal Singh, Sundar Lal, Roshan Lal @ Siyaram and
Surendra Singh, under Section 120-B read with Section 419,
420, 467, 468, 471 IPC and Section 13(2) read with Section
13(1)(d) of Prevention and Corruption Act, 1988. During
investigation, the accused Jayveer Singh died on 6.4.2005, and
therefore, no charge sheet was submitted against him.
3. The trial court framed charges for the said offences against
the accused appellants and thereafter on conclusion of the trial
convicted the accused appellants and other for offences under
Sections 120-B read with Section 420, 467, 468 and 471 IPC
for 3 years rigorous imprisonment with fine of Rs. 3,000/-, for
the offence under Section 120-B read with Section 420, 467,
468 and 471 IPC 4 years rigorous imprisonment with fine of Rs.
2,000/-, for the offence under Section 420 read with Section
120-B IPC 7 years rigorous imprisonment with fine of Rs.
7,000/-, for offence under Section 467 read with Section 120-B
IPC 4 years rigorous imprisonment with fine of Rs. 2,000/-, for
offence under Section 468 read with Section 120-B IPC 2 years
rigorous imprisonment with fine of Rs. 2,000/0 for the offence
under Section 471 IPC read with Section 120-B IPC, whereas
accused Badri Prasad who was an employee of post was also
convicted for offence under Section 13(2) read with Section
13(1)(d) of Prevention and Corruption Act, 1988 5 years
rigorous imprisonment with fine of Rs. 10,000/- with direction
that all these sentences run concurrently.
4. Learned counsel for the accused appellant submits that he
does not press the appeals so far as conviction is concerned,
however, considering the custody certificate that the accused
appellants have already been undergone 4 years tw