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Doc among 2 booked for fraud

KT NEWS SERVICE. Dated: 7/10/2012 1:35:46 AM

JAMMU, July 9: Crime Branch today registered a criminal case against two persons, including a doctor, for their alleged involvement in offences of cheating, fraud, forgery and criminal conspiracy.
Crime Branch Jammu today registered a case under various sections of law against Sanjeev Sharma and Dr Mohit Gupta, posted in Gandhi Nagar Hospital here, for their alleged involvement in the offences, CB officials said.
Official reports said that Crime Branch, Jammu have registered a criminal case FIR number 16 of 2012 under section 197, 198, 218, 420, 465, 468, 471 and 120-B RPC r/w Section 5 (2) PC Act, Svt 2006 against Sanjeev Sharma son of Kewal Krishan of House number 777-F, Lane number 8, Talab Tillo, Jammu and Dr Mohit Gupta posted to Gandhi Nagar Hospital, Jammu for their involvement in the offences of cheating, fraud, forgery and criminal conspiracy.
An application was filed by the accused Sanjeev Sharma son of Kewal Krishan of House number 777-F, Lane number 8, Talab Tillo, Jammu (accused in case FIR number 3 of s2004 titled CBI Versus Sanjeev Sharma & Others) before Principal District & Sessions Judge, Jammu seeking therein exemption from personal appearance on medical grounds for the hearing fixed on June 14, 2012 which was resisted by the prosecution on the plea that the veracity of the medical record produced in the court in support of the application is required to be verified.
On this, court directed the prosecution to depute some officer to ascertain the truthfulness of the medical record and accordingly an officer of the rank of Inspector was deputed who reported after verifying the records of the Gandhi Nagar Hospital that the accused was never hospitalized and that the medical certificate produced by the accused was false and fabricated. In this backdrop, the prosecution (CBI) filed an application seeking therein enquiry against the accused persons mentioned above. The said application was treated as complaint by Court of Sessions Judge, Jammu and endorsed to CJM Jammu for action under law through Crime Branch, Jammu.
From the perusal of the complaint, it was found that accused Sanjeev Sharma in connivance with Dr Mohit Gupta had procured a false and fabricated medical certificate and produced the same with an application before the court of Principal District & Sessions Judge, Jammu seeking therein exemption from personal appearance on medical grounds in order to scuttle the process of law and to avoid framing of charges whereas the other accused Dr Mohit Gupta in sheer abuse of his official position had issued the false and fabricated medical certificate to Sanjeev Sharma in order to save him from the due process of law obviously for certain extraneous considerations.
On this the instant case has been registered and investigation is in progress, reports added.