Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 12: High Court has upheld conviction of Surinder Dogra, Traffic Superintendent of Indian Airlines, which was awarded by the Trial Court.
The criminal appeal was filed by the appellant against the judgment dated 16.02.2006 passed by the Special Judge Anti-Corruption Jammu whereby the appellant has been convicted for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 420, 468 & 471 RPC read with Section 5(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act and has been sentenced to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of six months and to pay a fine of Rs 5,000 under each of these sections. Period of imprisonment in all the offences has been ordered to run concurrently.
According to the CBI case, Surinder Dogra was posted as Traffic Superintendent, Indian Airlines, Jammu at relevant time and while manning the ticket sale counter at Jammu Airport, he prepared an infant ticket in a fictitious name and tampered by way of forgery its flight coupon to make it an adult ticket thereby obtaining pecuniary advantage for him and causing loss to Indian Airlines. Accordingly, CBI registered a case and investigation taken up on a complaint lodged by Romesh Malhotra, Manager (Vigilance) Indian Airlines.
After hearing Advocate Ankush Manhas for the appellant whereas Advocate Monika Kohli for the CBI, Justice Sanjay Kumar Gupta observed, “this court is of the considered opinion that judgment of conviction passed by court below does not suffer from any infirmity of law and facts. It is upheld accordingly”.
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