Legal Question in Criminal Law in India

My relative who has given the documents (only xerox copies) to some finance agent, that finance agent had forged all this document with my relative's forged sign and produced in the bank and without any physical verification and without real KYC normed by bank, bank has financed and issued the cheque on my relative's name to that agent , that agent had discounted that cheque from other bank where my relative had not holding any account, also, that financing bank has filed FIR against my relative, and now crime branch investigating officer is unnecessarily harassing my relative for that fraud, calling so many times to police station and taking him here and there in the name of investigation. Here That fraud finance agent is not available to police, and he had run away. Those bank officers are also under investigation, Now investigating officer is warning my relative every-time that he will be accused and punished what he has not done , he is absolutely innocent in this case, now i would like to ask you that what to do from first being harassed by CB officer and than what to do to prove to be innocent. (note that: cross interrogation carried out in the police station to identify my relative with the bank officers,, No bank officer could identify my relative for that loan and they hadn't recognize that he(relative) was a one who had applied and took the loan cheque).


Asked on 5/25/13, 6:20 am

1 Answer from Attorneys

Shrichand Nahar S.V.Nahar, Advocate

Your relative is not obliged to prove his innocence before the police.

Your relative may first approach superior police officials and then High Court for relief against unnecessary harassment.

However, if FIR is registered against your relative as Accused, annoying police may not be helpful.

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Answered on 6/07/13, 3:50 am


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