HC fines man for presenting fake mark sheet

Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on a man for using a fake mark sheet to show a minor girl as a major.The Court also directed the registrar of Lucknow bench to lodge an FIR against Ram Shankar who had filed a forged mark sheet so that the court would pass an order in his favour.Justice V.D. Chaturvedi today passed this order on a writ petition filed by Ram Shankar allegedly on behalf of the minor girl.Claiming that the age of the girl was 20 years, the petitioner had filed the mark sheet purported to have been issued by Shiv Bhagwati Junior High School, Unnao which showed her as born in July 1987. It was stated in the petition that she married Ram Shankar at an Arya Samaj temple on August 31, 2007.The girl's father Om Prakash had lodged an FIR saying that the age of the girl was 15 years on July 24, 2007 when she was allegedly kidnapped by Ram Shankar.The girl's father filed another mark sheet issued by Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati Mission School, Unnao which showed her as a minor.Both marksheets were sent to the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM), Unnao for inquiry and it was found that the mark sheet submitted by Ram Shankar was fake and that she had never studied in the said school.The court further directed CJM, Unnao to recover the minor girl and restore her to the father.Tuesday, April 22, 2008

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