Day 1 of BNS: 8 cases in Gzb, 1 in Gr Noida

Noida: Nine cases — one in Gautam Budh Nagar and eight in Ghaziabad — were registered under Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) as the new criminal law that replaces IPC came into effect on Monday.
In Ghaziabad, cops registered their first FIR under BNS in a case for attempted theft and assault.
The case was filed after Bal Kishan, a resident of Chiraudi village in Loni, told cops that his family members caught Mudsim trying to break into their house.Mudsim was arrested and booked under BNS sections 115(2) for causing hurt and 305 for theft.
By 5pm, eight FIRs had been registered under BNS, police said. Five of a gang that allegedly provided forged documents to accused to help them get released from jail were the first in GB Nagar to be booked under BNS on Monday morning. A SWAT team and cops from Surajpur police station arrested the five suspects — Varun Sharma (29, of Bulandshahr), Ejaz (25, of Dadri), Ismail (50, of Dadri), Birbal (47, of Bulandshahr) and Naresh Chand (48, of Bulandshahr) – from Greater Noida.
An FIR was registered at 11.30am and they were booked under sections 318(4) for cheating, 338 for forgery of valuable security or will), 336(3) for forgery to cheat, 340(2) for using as genuine a forged document and 3(5) for common intention of the BNS. Police said the gang had been operating for the last five months and had helped at least five people get released from jail by submitting forged documents after they were granted bail by a court.
“The gang would fabricate documents such as Aadhaar cards and stamps for sureties or guarantors to help the accused get released from jail. In exchange, the five men would take money. They used this modus operandi in many cases and succeeded in getting release for at least five accused of the district,” an officer said.
Investigators seized 16 documents, including bail affidavit, court orders, bail bond and fake stamps, nine Aadhaar cards, three mobile phones and a car from the gang.