Early Times Report
JAMMU, Apr 7: Justice M K Hanjura of High Court rejected the bail applications of Ashiq Husain Farooqi Criminal Clerk and Nisar Ahmad Bhat, Clerk of the Advocate and Nisar Ahmad Dar, working in the prosecution wing of the Court who forged the court document for money. Rejecting the bail, Justice Hanjura observed that these applications reflect a sad and sordid state of affairs. A horrendous crime is alleged to have been committed by none others than the ones who are said to have made insertions and interpolations in the statement of a witness namely, Aijaz Ahmad Rather, recorded by the Court of learned Special Judge, Anti-Corruption, Kashmir, Srinagar, in a case titled "State v. Ghulam Mohammad Bhat" instituted on 25-7-2008. Recording the statement of the accused as envisaged under Section 342 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Cr. P.C.) on 17th January, 2018, the Judge detected that the statement of the witness has been tinkered with. He directed to hold a preliminary enquiry into the matter. He also brought the matter to the notice of Chief Justice of High Court of Jammu & Kashmir through his Principal Secretary vide communication bearing No. 121-122/SJACK dated 18th of January, 2018. Justice Hanjura further observed that during the course of the investigation of the case, the statements of some of the witnesses conversant with the facts of the case have been recorded and the investigation, as gets revealed from the perusal of the 'Case Diary' as also the "Statement File of the case FIR No. 03/2018, Police Station, VOK", produced before this Court, is in vogue. The judge observed that statements of the other witnesses have also been recorded which prima facie point out to the culpability of all the applicants in the commission of the crime attributed to them. |
