Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 17: Special Judge Anticorruption Jammu Tahir Khurshid Raina has framed charges against Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din, ex-Special Secretary Home J&K for manipulating date of birth.
According to prosecution case, Crime Branch Jammu received a communication from the Law Secretary to the Government of Jammu & Kashmir dated 05-03-2021 alleging therein that the accused has manipulated his date of birth in the service records which in actuality was 03-03-1959 but managed to record it as 03-03-1963 on “particulars page” of the service book.
On account of his correct date of birth—03-03-1959, he was supposed to have retired on 03-03-2019, but, by this manipulation in the service book, the accused added more time to his service, resultantly illegal gain to him and wrongful loss to the exchequer of the State (now UT).
Pursuant to this complaint, a discreet enquiry was conducted wherein it got prima facie established that the accused had manipulated and forged his original date of birth in his service records as 03-03-1963 instead of his actual date of birth 03-03-1959. Thus, he deliberately and intentionally, in-connivance with others, took illegal monetary gain and caused wrongful loss to the exchequer of the State.
Therefore, his omissions and commissions constituted offences punishable under Sections 420, 465, 467, 468, 471, 120-B RPC. Accordingly, a formal case got registered in Police Station Crime Branch, Jammu, bearing FIR No. 14/2021 against the accused and investigation was ensued in the case. During the course of investigation, the academic record of the accused from various schools was seized and it emerged that date of birth of the accused, right from primary to tenth class and finally as recorded in J&K Board of School Education is 03-03-1959, whereas, the alleged forged “particulars page” of the service book reveals his date of birth as 03-03-1963.
After hearing both the sides, Special Judge Anticorruption observed ” as per the investigation, based on documentary proof and other evidence as put in the charge-sheet, the offences under Sections 420, 465,467, 468, 471, 120-B, 191, 201 RPC read with Sections 5(1)(d), 5(2) J&K PC Act stand prima facie established against the accused”.
“In the light of the factual matrix of the case, this court is convinced that there is a prima-facie material on record to presume that offences stand committed by the accused for which is liable to be charged”, Special Judge Anti-Corruption said.
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