Mumbai, July 04: A special court on Saturday convicted
and sentenced Abdul Karim Telgi, kingpin of the multi-crore
fake stamp paper scam, to three years in jail for submitting
forged documents to procure a passport in 2001.
Telgi, who had pleaded guilty in the case, was today
convicted by special CBI judge Chitra Bedi.
According to the prosecution, Telgi had in 2001
submitted various documents at the regional passport office in
Mumbai to procure a passport.
However, after completing the procedure, Telgi never
collected the passport. When the passport office learnt that
the documents submitted by Telgi were forged, a complaint was
lodged against him.
Telgi was convicted in the case today under various
sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Passport Act.
Bureau Report
First Published: Saturday, July 04, 2009, 23:48