Uttarakhand HC grants bail to Balkrishna

The CBI had registered a case of cheating and criminal conspiracy against Balkrishna

PTI | August 16, 2012



The Uttarakhand High Court on Thursday granted bail to yoga guru Ramdev's close aide Balkrishna, nearly a month after he was arrested by the CBI in a fake document case.

Hearing the bail application, a single judge bench of Justice Tarun Agrawal granted bail to Balkrishna.

The court also ordered Balkrishna to furnish two personal sureties of Rs 10 lakh, Balkrishna's counsel Rajendra Dobhal said.

Balkrishna had moved the High Court after he failed to get relief from lower courts which rejected his bail pleas twice.

A day after being arrested from Haridwar on July 20, Balkrishna had filed a bail plea before the special CBI court which rejected the application and sent him to 9-day judicial remand.

Later, Balkrishna had moved the Dehra Dun district court which also rejected his bail application on July 31.

Balkrishna, who is facing the charges of using fake educational documents for obtaining an Indian Passport, is currently lodged in Suddhowala Jail here.

He was arrested after the CBI court issued Non Bailable Warrants (NBW) against him after he failed to appear before it.

The CBI had on July 10 filed a chargesheet in the court against Balkrishna. In its chargesheet, CBI has also accused Naresh Chandra Dwivedi, the then Principal of Sanskrit Mahavidyala Khurja in Uttar Pradesh for allegedly helping Balkrishna obatain fake educational certificates.

Dwivedi had later surrendered to the court.

The agency had booked the duo under IPC sections related to criminal conspiracy, cheating and forgery and imposed additional charge for the alleged violation of the Passport Act against Balkrishna.

The CBI had registered a case of cheating and criminal conspiracy against Balkrishna on July 23 last year for allegedly procuring fake degrees and violating section 12 of Indian Passport Act by furnishing fake documents to get a passport.

The investigative agency said its probe had established that the accused in connivance with a co-accused, had furnished false information and submitted fake and forged High School and graduation certificates to the Passport authorities for obtaining the document.

Comments

 

Other News

Gandhian movement after Gandhi failed: Ram Guha

The Gandhian movement in India, after Gandhi’s death, failed, says Ramachandra Guha, and blames Vinoba Bhave for it. But the movement found new, fertile grounds around the world and succeeded in bringing about a change in South Africa, the US and elsewhere. It is high time it returned home. Of cour

When religion, politics and Bollywood come together

Tavleen Singh, noted journalist and political commentator, has turned to fiction, with her debut novel ‘The Actor’ (HaperCollins India). Set in the near future, it has a superstar, Amit Singh, turning to politics, when the political landscape is dominated by prime minister Guru Gaynendraj

Cabinet approves setting up of Integrated Transport & Logistics Authority

The union cabinet, chaired by prime minister Narendra Modi, on Tuesday approved the setting up of a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV), called Integrated Transport & Logistics Authority (ITLA), to strengthen research, planning, appraisal, monitoring and impact assessment within the broad domains of Transp

Why foundational literacy and numeracy is key to school education

Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) are often described as the building blocks of education. Yet, their significance goes well beyond a child’s ability to read a sentence, write a response or solve a basic mathematical problem. These foundational skills shape how children understand the world,

When police data becomes the algorithm

For decades, policing has followed a familiar sequence: a crime occurs, the police respond, an investigation produces records and those records become part of the institutional memory of the criminal justice system. Artificial intelligence is beginning to alter that sequence. Instead of merely recording

Before India voted, the framers worried about the referee

“We are making a Constitution forever and not only for today.” Shibban Lal Saksena said this in the Constituent Assembly on June 15, 1949. He was warning that a ruling party might one day choose a loyalist to run India’s elections. Seventy-seven years later, the Supreme Court is wrestli

Upcoming Conferences



-->

Archives

Current Issue

Opinion

Facebook Twitter Google Plus Linkedin Subscribe Newsletter

Twitter