Case filed over forged judge’s signature on affidavit
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A case was filed at Dhaka’s Kotwali Police Station against three individuals, including a lawyer, on charges of forging a judge’s signature and court seal to create a marriage affidavit.
Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court’s Office Assistant cum Computer Operator in the Nezarot department Md Khalid Hossain filed the case as the plaintiff on Sunday.
CMM Court’s Nazir Abul Hasan Kanan confirmed the matter. The accused are Tarikul Islam Toru Farazi, a lawyer at the Barguna Judge Court, Md Noyon, and Riya.
According to the case statement, around 3 pm, Metropolitan Magistrate Ariful Islam ordered a verification of the marriage affidavit of Noyon and Riya.
While matching the affidavit’s memo number with the register, Khalid noticed that another affidavit, under the name of Md Zafrul Islam, was already registered with that same number.
This raised suspicions that a marriage affidavit had been fraudulently prepared through a notary public by impersonating a magistrate. The complaint added that the signature of Ariful and the court seal were forged and placed in the countersignature box of the affidavit.
The case statement said according to various circulars from the Ministry of Law, Justice, and Parliamentary Affairs, the court does not grant permission for the execution of marriage affidavits.
Under the Muslim Marriages and Divorces (Registration) Act, 1974, Muslim marriages must be registered through a Kazi.
Despite being aware of this, Tarikul and Noyon attempted to file a criminal case in the Barguna Chief Judicial Magistrate Court using the alleged notary affidavit without prior verification of its authenticity.
Later, Senior Judicial Magistrate Arif Hossain dismissed the complaint under Section 203 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
The case also claimed that the accused are members of a forgery ring. They have allegedly been forging judge signatures and court seals to create notary affidavits for use in various lawsuits and official matters.
