In a judgment rendered yesterday, a Supreme Court Bench of Justices NV Ramana and Abdul Nazeer emphasised that an offence of forgery cannot be made out unless the accused himself has made the forged document. The peculiar facts of this case were such that the accused did not forge the fraudulent document themselves but had almost become beneficiaries by using the same. Factual Background In 1998, a criminal complaint was lodged by one, Doris Victor against the two accused, R Jawaharaj and Rajapandi for having used a fake Power of Attorney (PoA) to create a mortgage in Rajapandi’s favour. The […]
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