Court orders FIR against two sureties for giving false doc

New Delhi, Sep 21 (PTI) A Delhi court has ordered lodgingof FIR against two persons who stood sureties for a man whenhe was granted bail in a criminal case for allegedly giving afalse and forged document. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Sonu Agnihotri passedthe direction when it was informed by the police that duringverification, the rent agreement furnished by the sureties wasfalse and the landlord told the court that it was preparedwithout his knowledge. The court ordered cops of Saket Police Station to lodgeFIR against Joel Gangte and Dousuanmung Ngaihte for thealleged offences of cheating, forgery, using forged documentas genuine and criminal conspiracy under the IPC. "In an inquiry by IO Inspector Prabhat Kumar Sinha, hehas submitted that during oral inquiry from Ngaihte andGangte, they have submitted that though rent agreement datedSeptember 8, 2016, was made by Gangte but the same is falseand forged was also within knowledge of Ngaihte. "In view of above recorded facts and circumstances, I amof the view that sureties Ngaihte and Gangte appear to havebeen indulged in commission of offences under sections 419,468, 471 and 120B IPC," the CMM said. The rent agreement was furnished in the court along withthe bail bond of accused K G Gangte, facing prosecution in acase lodged by CBI. He was granted bail by the court in Julythis year and the court had directed him to furnish twosureties of Rs 50,000 each. Surety bond of Joel Gangte was earlier accepted by thecourt which had directed police to give verification reportof surety of Ngaihte. Later, the court rejected the Gangte’ssurety. PTI SKVARC