Pune and the allegation is that the accused persons, with common intention, committed an act of forgery, thereby showing reserved forest lands as having been released from such classification, in order to execute a registered sale deed and a registered agreement to sale. It is claimed that by doing so, the accused persons have cheated the Government and the Forest Department. It is alleged that certain documents were presented before the Sub Registrar during the registration of the sale deed and agreement to sale, which were forged and fabricated. Upon enquiries it came to light that the documents placed before the Sub Registrar purporting to be those from the Gazette of the relevant year showing that the subject lands ceased to be reserved forest, were forged and fabricated, for the reason that the actual documents in the said Gazettes had nothing to do with exercise of power by the Competent Authority to delete such lands from the category of reserved forest. If proper procedure was to be followed for sale of the subject lands forming part of reserved forest, the accused persons involved in the transaction would necessarily have to seek permission from the Competent Authorities. Having not done so and by presenting such forged and fabricated documents, according to the informant, led to registration of the aforesaid FIR.
