SUDHIR SHARMA Vs. CBI

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS revision petition has been preferred by the petitioner against the judgment dated 16th October 2010 passed by learned first appellate court upholding the conviction of the petitioner awarded by learned trial court vide judgment dated 24th December 2009.

(2.) THE petitioner was convicted by the learned trial court under Sections 380, 419, 420, 465, 467, 471 IPC read with Section 120B IPC and also under Section 12(1)(a)(d) of Indian Passport Act. THE allegation against the petitioner was that he along with co- accused Gurjinder Singh stole six unused official passports in the name of officials namely Mr. U.K. Verma, Mr. A.G. Dixit, Mr. Surender Singh, Mr. Parveen Singh Aswal, Ms. Anita Peter and Mr. S.C. Kulshrestra. THE petitioner forged these passports by affixing photographs of persons who were aspiring to go abroad and he forged the passports into passport of six aspirants namely, Mandeep Singh Kehlon, Balbir Singh, Lakhbir Singh, Nachhtar Pal, Gurinder Kaur and Virsa Singh and sent them abroad. THE two courts below after considering the evidence adduced and considering the CFSL report showing that the forgery was done by the petitioner came to conclusion that the petitioner was guilty of the aforesaid offences and convicted the petitioner for abovementioned offences. THE petitioner was sentenced by the learned trial court under different provisions. All imprisonments were to run concurrent. Thus, the petitioner was sentenced to maximum three years of imprisonment and payment of fine.

(3.) I find no jurisdictional error or infirmity in the order of learned trial court. There is no force in this petition. The petition is hereby dismissed.