Fake bail scam rocks Rawapindi

Sources say suspects escape from Adiala Jail using forged documents & fake testimonies

RAWALPINDI:

A scandal of making the accused escape with the help of fake documents and testimonies has rocked the Rawalpindi district, prompting a court to take notice of the lapses and issue notices to the officials.

It has recently been revealed that the accused involved in heinous cases, including robbery, and imprisoned in Adiala Jail escaped by securing bails on fake registries, fard, testimonies, signatures, and thumbprints and against fake surety bonds in the district courts.

Civil Judge Muhammad Mumtaz Hanjara took strict notice of the scandal on the written complaints of citizens, issued a notice to the Court Reader and Second and sought records and complete details of alleged fake surety bonds and registries submitted for bails and evidence of imprisoned accused who were absent from jails.

The scam has further revealed that many bail bonds don't have guarantee registries, while operations have also been launched against touts dealing in fake bonds in the district courts.

The court was informed that the record of an August 14 robbery case at Naseerabad police station revealed that the registry submitted by Mehr Shahbaz Ahmed, son of Ahmad Yar, as bail guarantee for the accused Adil turned out to be fake.

He, himself, didn't appear and the name of Muhammad Yusuf, son of Muhammad Tariq was entered as a surety witness. The accused himself is in Adiala Jail, his name, forged signature and fake thumbprints were affixed, while there was no record in three other surety bonds.

According to the complaints, the accused involved in cases of robbery, theft, fraud, murder, adultery and drug cases are made to run away from the district courts on bail of fake registries, fake identity cards and in the names of absent citizens and huge sums of money are charged for this fake surety bonds.

After the civil judge's intervention, the district bar has also launched action against the tout mafia. Senior lawyers have demanded that all additional, sessions and civil courts make it mandatory for the biometric verification of surety witnesses and registries to be first verified by the Finance Department as the business of fake surety bonds has reached its peak.

The scandal has not only exposed deep-seated corruption within the legal system but has also left the community in shock, as many are now questioning the integrity of the judicial process. As investigations unfold, citizens are demanding accountability and reforms to prevent such incidents from recurring.