CBI court frames charges against four in forgery case
Chandigarh, September 24
Inderjeet Singh, Special Judicial Magistrate, CBI, has framed charges against four accused in a six-year-old alleged forgery case related to a house in Sector 9, Chandigarh.
The case was registered on the complaint of a city resident, Deepa Duggal, in 2015 against five persons, alleging that they had forged signatures and other documents to take a bank loan to buy her property.
The charges have been framed against accused Harmit Singh Chawla, Jagjit Kaur Chawla, Gurcharan Singh and Sarabjeet Singh.
In the order, Inderjeet Singh, Special Judicial Magistrate, CBI, Chandigarh, said: “From the perusal of challan papers and accompanied documents so placed on file, a prima facie case for commission of offence under Sections 120-B, 420, 467, 468 and 471 of IPC is made out against the accused. They are chargesheeted accordingly, to which they pleaded not guilty and claimed trial.”
The court has adjourned the case to October 29, 2021, for the evidence of prosecution. In the complaint, Deepa Duggal alleged that the accused had forged signatures and other documents to take a bank loan to buy her property. Though the CBI filed the closure report in the case in 2018, it was rejected by the CBI Court with the direction to the investigating agency to further investigate the case.
Later, a chargesheet in the case was filed by the CBI in November 2020. As per the chargesheet, an agreement to sell dated January 28, 2006 was executed between Deepa Duggal (complainant) and Chawla family, comprising of late Gurkirpal Singh Chawla, accused Jagjeet Kaur Chawla and Harmeet Singh Chawla, for the house, but the Chawla family allegedly failed to arrange the amount for the completion of the registration of sale deed, even up to extended date i.e. April 12, 2006. In the meantime, the Chawla family applied for a home loan in the first week of April 2006 with the PNB, Sector 17 branch.
It has been further alleged that compelled by the circumstances, all accused persons in conspiracy with each other allegedly forged documents to secure the loan amount over Rs6 crore from the bank, which was never disbursed. During investigation, the complainant specifically denied her signature over the agreement to sale and memorandum of family settlement. — TNS
