SC restrains grant of bail to persons accused of duping 73-year-old woman AoR

Earlier, the court had said, “The fabrication of judicial orders bearing forged signatures of the judges strikes at the very foundation of the public trust in the judicial system, besides the rule of law. Such action constituted a direct assault on the dignity of the institution. Such a grave criminal act cannot be treated as an ordinary or routine offence of cheating or cyber crime.”The top court also sought the assistance of the Attorney General (AG) for India, R Venkataramani, in the issue.It highlighted that the fabrication of judicial orders bearing forged signatures of the judges strikes at the very foundation of the public trust in the judicial system, besides the rule of law.Expressing its displeasure over such kind of offences, the apex court had said, such kind of action constituted “direct assault” on the dignity of the institution.The apex court also had earlier stressed that there must be a coordinated effort between the central and state police and other authorities to unearth the full extent of the enterprise involving forging judicial documents, extortion, robbery of innocent people, most importantly, the senior citizens.In the complaint, the 73-year-old woman from Ambala in Haryana alleged that scammers illegally forged Supreme Court orders to confine her in a digital arrest and extort more than Rs 1 crore.She claimed that the fraudsters produced a fake judicial order purportedly issued by the Supreme Court judge and forcing her to surrender and succumb to the demands of the scamsters.After going through the complaint of the woman, the top court issued notice to Union of India (UOI) through the Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs, the CBI through its Director, Principal Secretary Department of Home, SP Cyber Crime at Ambala.Noting that the issue was serious, the top court also asked the Haryana government and SP cyber crime Ambala to file the status report of the investigation taken place so far.



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