Man fakes identity in bid to secure bail for ‘criminal’, held

Ludhiana: Division number 5 police have booked three persons for cheating, forgery and impersonation after one of them posed as someone else in an attempt to secure bail for an accused in a cheating case. The FIR was lodged against the trio on the orders of the judicial magistrate.
According to the police, one of the accused — Davinder Singh (36) of Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar of Dhandra road — were supposed to get Rs 1,500 for this task. Other accused were Ashu of Urban Estate, Dugri and Jassi. The police have arrested Davinder in this case.
Investigating officer ASI Sukhpal Singh said, “The main accused in the case is Ashu. Different rackets are being run in the city that arrange bail bonds for money. The accused managed to get property documents from the revenue office and then forged Aadhaar card and voter ID in the name of that property owner. They impersonate as the owner of the property and arrange bail bonds.”
“The police have arrested several people involved in this racket. Davinder claimed he was unemployed and a drug addict. He took up the job on the advice of his friend Ashu. He was supposed to get Rs 1,500 for this. The police will arrest Ashu soon who can reveal the kingpin of this racket,” the ASI said.
Earlier also, similar FIRs had been lodged in which people misused property documents of people and then forged ID proofs to further arrange bails. So far, the police have not been able to nab the kingpin of this racket.
An FIR has been registered under Sections 419 (Punishment for cheating by personation), 420 (punishment for cheating), 465 (punishment for forgery), 466 (forgery of record of court or of public register etc), 467 (forgery of valuable security, will etc), 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating), 471 (using as genuine a forged document), 474 (Having possession of document described in section 466 or 467, knowingly it to be forged and intending to use it as genuine)and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC.