Son forges papers, court takes father to task

A 56-year-old man, whose son forged his brother’s matriculation certificate and gave it under his name to secure a job in Delhi Police, has been slapped with conspiracy charges by a sessions court which said “being a father, he must have known about his son’s wrongful act.’’

Prabhu Dayal’s petition challenging the conspiracy charges on the grounds that he had no involvement in the act and he just stood as surety for his son with neither the knowledge of the offence nor the intent to help the accused found no credence with the court.

“The petitioner, being the natural guardian of the accused was aware about the academic qualification of his son. As the father was living with the accused, he had the information that his son never did schooling upto class X and which was the qualification for securing his employment in Delhi Police,” it said.

As per the case, three FIR’s were registered against Dayal and his two sons for cheating and criminal conspiracy. According to the police, the accused, Krishan, had allegedly forged his brother Bal Kishan’s matriculation certificates and submitted them under his own name to secure a job of a constable in the Delhi Police.

In March, the trial court also took the father under the rap for aiding his son. Challenging the trial court’s order, Dayal filed a revision petition in the sessions court stating that he could not be rendered liable for the conduct of others and his role in the case was limited to securing bail for his son.

Challenging the petition, the prosecution said that being father of the accused, would in all probability know the educational qualifications of Krishan and hence, the fact that the latter was not eligible to join the police. Rejecting his petition, the court said while Dayal stood as a surety for his son, it must be in his sub-conscious mind that his son had forged the certificate so as to commit cheating, observed the court.
Source:-The Times of India Delhi 24 December 2008 P. 6
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