Two-year jail term for 2014 emigration fraud accused

Bikramjeet Virk, proprietor of M/s JS International, has been sentenced to 2 years in jail and fined ₹10,000 for obtaining emigration clearances through forged documents. The court found him guilty of cheating and forgery under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Emigration Act. The case was registered in 2014 and the accused caused a loss of approximately ₹56,000 to the government.

The lower court of CBI has awarded 2-year jail to Bikramjeet Virk, proprietor of M/s JS International, for obtaining emigration clearances of 22 applicants on the basis of forged documents

A lower CBI court awarded a two-year jail term to the main accused in a 2014 emigration fraud. (HT File)

The court has also imposed a fine of ₹10,000 upon the convict, who is convicted under sections 420 (cheating), 467, 468, 471 (all forgery) of the Indian Penal Code and section 24 of Emigration Act, 1983.

The case was registered on December 1, 2014. The charge sheet had mentioned that during 2013-14, the accused with the objective to cheat the office of protector of emigrants, did acts of omission and commission with the said object and obtained emigration clearances of 22 applicants on the basis of forged documents viz. demand letter, power of attorney and specimen work contract, from the office of POE, without paying attestation charges and as such thereby caused a loss to the tune of approx ₹56,000 to government exchequer.

It adds that the allegations were that Bikramjeet Virk forged the demand letter, power of attorney and specimen work contract along with translation of visas for getting the emigration clearance done and avoided attestation fee.