Gang that forged docus to secure bail busted, 5 held

Noida: Five members of a gang were arrested on Monday for allegedly forging documents to get bail at Surajpur district court. Three more members are now on the run.
According to the DCP of central Noida, Suniti, the suspects have been identified as Varun Sharma (29), Birbal (47), Naresh Chandra (48), residents of Bulandshahr, and Ajaz (25) and Ismail (50), residents of Dadri.
“The gang used to pose as guarantors for prisoners, and the Aadhaar card address mentioned by the guarantors at the time of the paperwork in court used to be fake,” she said.
This was the first case lodged under the new criminal laws in the city.
Police said as of now, three cases have come to the fore in which the suspects released prisoners on bail with the help of fake documents. Nine fake Aadhar cards, 16 fake bail affidavits, 25 fake stamps, and multiple documents used at the time of bail were recovered from their possession. The DCP said the suspects have been operating the gang for the past two years.
“Investigations are underway to check their crime records and the number of people they released using fake documents,” said Surajpur SHO Manoj Kumar Singh. “It appears they were also in touch with some lawyers who needed guarantees for their clients. These gang members used to submit forged papers and took about Rs 5,000-Rs10,000 from them. After completing the formalities, they used to disappear,” he said.
The SHO said that recently the police were investigating a case in which these accused were the guarantors. Cops visited their addresses which were found to be fake. Following this, a search was launched and the accused were arrested on Monday.
A case under sections 318 (4) (whoever cheats and thereby dishonestly induces the person deceived to deliver any property to any person), 336 (3) (forgery, intending that the document or electronic record forged), 338 (forgery of valuable security), and 340 (2) (3) (5) (forged document or electronic record and using it as genuine) of BNS, 2023, was registered against them at Surajpur police station. They were remanded in judicial custody.