By ShriKrishna Prasad, Advocate
New Delhi : The Additional District & Sessions Judge of Muzaffarpur in Bihar, Mr. Subodh Kr. Srivastawa will hear the Criminal Revision Petition No. 188/ 2013 of the Chief General Manager of M/S Dainik Jagran Pubication Limited (Patna,Bihar) and the Associate Editor of Dainik Jagran, Shailendra Dixit (Patna, Bihar) on January 27, 2014 next.
Mr. Tripathi and Mr. Dixit have prayed to the Hon'ble Court to set aside the cognizance -order of the court of the First Class Judicial Magistrate (Muzaffarpur, Bihar) Mr. Dipanshu Srivastawa.
Named accused persons of this world famous government advertisement scam include :
It is worth mentioning that the court of the First Class Judicial Magistrate (Muzaffarpur, Bihar) Mr. Dipanshu Srivastawa had taken cognizance against (1) Mahendra Mohan Gupta (Chairman cum Managing Director, M/S Jagran Publication Limited, Kanpur,(2) Sanjoy Gupta (C.E.O cum Director, M/S Jagran Publication Limited, Kanpur, (3) Dhirendra Mohan Gupta, (Director, M/S Jagran Publication Limited, Kanpur), (4) Sunil Gupta, (Director, M/S Jagran Publication Limited,Kanpur), (5) Shailesh Gupta (Director, M/S Jagran Publication Limited,Kanpur), (6)Bharatji Agrawal( Director, M/S Jagran Publication Limited, Kanpur (7) Kishore Viyani (Director, M/S Jagran Publication Limited, Kanpur (8) Naresh Mohan (Director, M/S Jagran Publication Limited, Kanpur) (9) RK Jhunjhunwala (Director, M/S Jagran Publication Limited, Kanpur (10) Rashid Mirza (Director, M/S Jagran Publication Limited, Kanpur (11) Shashidhar Narayan Sinha (Director, M/S Jagran Publication Limited, Kanpur) (12) Vijoy Tandon (Director, M/S Jagran Publication Limited, Kanpur) (13) Vikram Bakhshi (Director, M/S Jagran Publication Limited, Kanpur) (14) Amit Jaisawal( the Company Secretary,M/S Jagran Publication Limited,Kanpur) (15) Aanand Tripathi( General Manager & Printer, M/S Jagran Publication Limited, Patna, Bihar) ( 16) Devendra Roy (the Regional Editor, Dainik Jagran,Muzaffarpur edition,Bihar), & (17) Shailendra Dixit( The News Editor, Dainik Jagran, Patna & Muzaffarpur editions,Bihar) under sections 420/471/ 476 of Indian Penal Code and Sections 8(B), 14 & 15 of the Press & Registration of Books Act, 1867.
Allegations of forgery, cheating and fraud against all the named accused persons:
In the complaint case, bearing No.-2638/2012, filed before the Muzaffarpur court in Bihar, by Mr.Raman Kumar Yadav, Muzaffarpur, all the above named accused persons have been accused of violating the sections 8(B) ,14 & 15 of the Press & Registration of Books Act, 1867 and sections 420,471 & 476 of the Indian Penal Code , printing,publishing and circulating the Muzaffarpur edition/ publication of Dainik Jagran, a popular Hindi daily of M/S Jagran Publication Limited( Kanpur) fraudulently by using the wrong Registration No.-BIHHIN-2000/3097 and getting crores and crores of rupees illegally in the Advertisement-Head after obtaining and printing the government advertisements from the Union Government as well as the State Government by presenting the forged documents of "the Certificate of Registration" before the concerned Advertisement releasing government agencies in India from Apirl, 18, 2005 to June 28, 2012.
The court of Muzaffarpur issued summons to all accused person : The Court of the First Class Judicial Magistrat(Muzaffarpur) Mr.Dipanshu Srivastawa had also issued ''summons'' to all the seventeen accused persons by registered post, directing them to appear before the court at Muazaffarpur.
By ShriKrishna Prasad, Advocate,
Mobile No.09470400813
