Prayagraj, Nov 10 An FIR has been registered following instructions from the Allahabad High Court at the Cantt police station against an unknown person in connection with a forged order of the court.
In a complaint filed with the Cantt police station, Allahabad High Court Joint Registrar N Chandra said that an email received on October 30 from a correspondent for Reuters News mentioned that they had discovered this order on the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) website.
The order contained instructions to the government to block several websites and claimed to have been issued by Justice Garima Prasad on August 14. High court officials have been unable to locate any such order on the high court’s official website.
The complaint notes that a report was requested from the registrar of the Computer Department regarding the authenticity of the alleged order. The report confirmed that according to the data available on the server, no such order was passed on August 14.
According to the complaint, the private secretary to Justice Garima Prasad also confirmed that no such order had been issued. These facts indicate that an unknown individual committed forgery with the intent to defraud.
Based on this complaint, a case was registered at the Cantt police station on November 6 under Sections 318(2), 336(2), 336(3), 337, 338, and 340(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
Cantt police station Station House Officer (SHO) Amarnath Rai said that the alleged order directed the Department of Telecommunications to block 95 websites. However, no such order was ever passed nor was it ever uploaded.
(PTI News)
