New Delhi, august 9
The Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM), Sriganganagar (Rajasthan), has sentenced 22 private persons in the forged mark sheets case of Punjab Secondary Education Board.
Those convicted were identified as Kashmir Singh, Surendra Singh, Malkeet Singh, Gurpal Singh, Paramjeet Singh, Khushwinder Singh, Chander Singh, Krishan Kumar Bishnoi, Baldev Singh S/o Sh. Mohar Singh, Gurjinderpal Singh, Pankaj Chopra, Hargurnath Singh, Mukesh Kumar Garg, Mandeep Singh, Rajpal Singh, Manjeet Singh, Gurwinder Singh, Harwinder Singh, Balveer Singh, Kewal Singh, Baldev Singh and Jasmat Singh to undergo two years’ Imprisonment with fine in a case related to selling of fake marks sheets and certificates.
The CBI had taken over the case in 1997 where it was alleged that accused defrauded the complainant by selling forged fake mark sheets and certificates, purportedly from the Punjab Secondary Education Board.
The agency had then filed a chargesheet in1999, against 25 accused persons and charges were formally framed against the accused in 2003. After completion of trial, the court held 22 accused guilty and sentenced them accordingly.
The trial against two accused was abated due to their death while one accused was acquitted by the Court as a juvenile.
