3 booked for fake bail bonds

LUDHIANA: Three people have been booked on the directions of a judicial magistrate first class for having submitted fake bail bonds in a case in the court of Judicial Magistrate first class (JMIC), Deepti Gupta.
The accused were identified as Sandeep Singh of Sunder Nagar, Ludhiana, Malkit Singh of Basti Bajigar, Misal Nagar, Doraha and Lal Chand of Doraha.They were booked under sections 420 (Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property), 199 (for false statement made in declaration which is by law receivable as evidence), 200 (for making a declaration which is inadmissible merely upon the ground of some informality) and 120-B (punishment of criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code.
The complainant stated that the accused had furnished false bail bonds. The accused had earlier too furnished such bonds. "We have arrested all the accused in the case," said investigation officer Jaspal Singh.
Sources said there was a need to check this illegality that was being highlighted almost everyday and strict action taken to root out the problems completely. In petty offences like cheque-bounce cases, personal bonds should be accepted and if the accused fails to appear in court, an action for declaring him a proclaimed offender should be initiated straight away. This would help to curb illegal acts like those of the furnishing of fake bail bonds and the harassment of people for acquiring the same, said advocate Deepjot Singh.