Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 19: Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Jammu Amarjeet Singh Langeh today rejected the bail application of Rohingya, who was involved in fake Aadhar cards scam.
While rejecting the bail application of Shamshu Alam, son of Hashim Mohammad of Myanmar and presently putting up in Channi Rama area, CJM, after hearing APP Kuldeep Bhat appearing for the UT, observed, “petitioner prima facie is found to have indulged in and amplified range of activities which prima facie constitute offences of cheating, forgery for the purpose of cheating, using as genuine forged document knowingly and forgery of valuable security”.
“One of the offences involved (under Section 467 of IPC) carries punishment up to life imprisonment. Release of petitioner against this backdrop at this stage – more particularly when investigation is still going on and one of the co-accused is yet to be rounded up would not only hamper ongoing investigation but would also be detrimental not only to public interest but also to security of the State given the Murkier details that have emerged during investigation and their inherent far graver implications”, the court said.
Having regard to the nature of accusation against petitioner, character of evidence collected thus far, the quantum of punishment which one of the offences involved in the case (Section 467 of IPC) carries punishment which is up to life imprisonment, gravity of the offences involved and considering larger public interest, no case for grant of bail is made out by petitioner at this stage, the court said.
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