Nigerian man uses forged papers for bail in Hisar

Hisar, January 18

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A Nigerian national, who was arrested in a case under the NDPS Act, procured bail on forged documents from a Hisar court.

The police were taken aback when the matter came to light during the hearing in the court recently. The police registered a case under Sections 419 (punishment for cheating by personation), 420 (cheating), 467 (forgery of valuable security, will, etc), 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating), 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code on the complaint of the Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Ved Prakash Sirohi.

The police spokesperson said the Nigerian national Frank Joseph was arrested on April 19, 2021, in a case of smuggling of 1 kg of heroin worth Rs 1 crore. He was later sent to judicial custody. On July 16, he got out of the jail on bail, for which the surety was furnished by two persons identified as Palaram and Rajkumar, while the third person, Jai Bhagwan, was the “identifier”.

However, on the next hearing on the bail, Joseph was to appear in the court on August 20. But the court cancelled his bail when he did not appear in court on August 20. Later, the court issued notice to the sureties and the “identifier”. They appeared in the court on November 8 and maintained that they never stood as surety and “identifier” for the accused.

The police registered the case after the ASJ directed the police to take action in the matter. The police spokesperson said they had started investigation in the matter.