November 23, 2024

CB booked two persons for one Crore fake Guarante-fraud

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Jammu, February 13(HS): Crime Branch Jammu has produced a charge-sheet against accused Vishal Mahajan S/O late Darshan Gupta R/o Gandhi Nagar, Jammu and Vinay Mittal S/O Santosh Kumar Mittal R/O Punjab Colony Near Shani Mandir, Narela New Delhi in case FIR No. 02/2015 U/S 467,468,471,201/ RPC for their alleged involvement in conspiring and issuing forged Bank Guarantee Bond for an amount of Rs. One Crore fraudulently in the name and on behalf of J&K Bank Limited through its Branch office R.S Pura, Jammu and M/S Mogile Scelta Elettro Limited in favour of M/S Shivam Enterprises, B-09, Naraina Vihar, New Delhi, the beneficiary.

The charge-sheet was produced before the Passenger Tax Court Jammu for judicial determination. A written complaint was lodged by Vijay Kumar, Branch Head, J&K Bank, Branch R.S Pura, Jammu in Crime Branch Jammu in 2014, alleging therein that one forged Bank Guarantee Bond bearing No. 0012655/MSEL dated 24-09-2014 for an amount of Rs. 1.00 Crore was fraudulently fabricated in the name and on behalf of J&K Bank Limited through its Branch office R.S Pura, Jammu and M/S MogileSceltaElettro Limited in favour of M/S Shivam Enterprises, B-09, NarainaVihar, New Delhi, the beneficiary, whereas, no such Bank Guarantee has been issued by the bank.
It was further alleged that the stamp paper used for preparing the fake bank guarantee was purchased in the name of one Vishal Mahajan S/o Darshan Gupta R/o 61/AB, Gandhi Nagar, Jammu and that officials of M/S Mogile Scelta Elettro Limited not only had manufactured and used the forged bank guarantee bond but had also forged the signatures and seal of the bank official intentionally in order to cheat the bank and the beneficiary. On receipt of the complaint a preliminary verification was initiated by Crime Branch Jammu and allegations were prima-facie substantiated.
Accordingly the case was registered in Crime Branch Jammu under the relevant sections of law for in-depth investigation. During the course of investigation both oral as well as documentary evidence and were collected and offences are fully established against both the criminals.