Lawyer gets 10.5 yrs' jail for filing false FIRs under SC/ST Act
Lucknow: A Lucknow court on Friday sentenced advocate Lakhan Singh to 10 years and 6 months in prison and imposed a fine of Rs 2.51 lakh for filing a series of fake FIRs under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
The court said that despite being an officer of the court, Singh engaged in systematic misuse of the law to settle personal scores and harass innocent people.
Special judge Vivekanand Sharan Tripathi of the SC/ST Special Court observed that Singh lodged around 20 fake cases, dragging private individuals, govt officials, journalists, and even police personnel into prolonged and baseless legal troubles.
District government counsel (criminal) Manoj Tripathi said that the court called Singh's actions a "mockery of justice" and said he virtually established a "factory of false cases" under the guise of legal redressal.
"Instead of upholding the dignity of his profession, the accused used his legal knowledge to manipulate the system. He tarnished the credibility of the judiciary and brought disrepute to the legal fraternity," the court noted.
It said Singh's conduct strikes at the heart of India's criminal jurisprudence, which holds that "it is better to let a hundred guilty go free than to punish one innocent person," said Tripathi, citing the court order.
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He said that Singh was convicted under sections 182 (false information), 193 (false evidence), and 211 (false charge with intent to injure) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
The court also directed that a copy of the judgment be sent to the Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh, the Lucknow police commissioner, and the district magistrate, recommending action for Singh's bar suspension and recovery of any wrongful govt compensation received through fraudulent means.
The court ordered that its verdict be circulated among all special SC/ST courts and district judges across Uttar Pradesh. It directed the Registrar General of the High Court to share the ruling with the DGP, who in turn is to issue a circular to police authorities emphasizing strict scrutiny in SC/ST Act cases and action against complainants found guilty of filing false cases.
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