Clerk defies court, jailed for 3 years
Bilaspur. The clerk of the District Court embezzled the amount of fine collected by the court by making a fake challan. The court clerk, who embezzled Rs 7 lakh 78 thousand 790 by forging different challans, has been sentenced to 3 years imprisonment and fine.
According to the information, Hemant Tamrakar was posted as criminal presentation clerk in the court of Judicial Magistrate First Class from 1994 to 1996. During his tenure, he did not deposit various fines collected by the court on different dates in the account of the District and Sessions Court, State Bank of India Collectorate branch and deposited the security by putting fake seals and fake challan numbers and forging the challans on different dates. Embezzled. In this way, Rs 7 lakh 78 thousand 790, collected from different persons on different dates during his tenure, was embezzled by accused Hemant Tamrakar.
A report on embezzlement was written in the civil line by Court Superintendent KS Thakur on the instructions of the then District and Sessions Judge. Civil Line Police had registered 6 separate cases under sections 420, 408, 466, 467, 468, 471, 472, 474, 475, 477A and presented the challan in the court. Chief Judicial Magistrate Manish Kumar Dubey, after evaluating the facts and evidence in the case, registered the case no. pending against the accused Hemant Tamrakar. Judgment has been given in total cases 4801/99, 4797/99, 4792/99, 4775/99, 4751/99, 4743/99, in which accused Hemant Tamrakar has been booked under section 409, 466, 467, 468, 471, 472 in each case. Under Section 474, 475, 477 A, three years rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 1000 and Rs 1000, respectively, he has been sentenced. If the amount of fine is not paid, he will have to undergo additional punishment of three months. District Prosecution Officer Dharmendra Pratap Singh has represented the government.
