The Chief Judicial Magistrate, Cuttack on Tuesday convicted Manoj Kumar Pradhan of Sankarpur in Cuttack in a certificate forgery case and sentenced him to undergo rigorous imprisonment (RI) for two years and imposed a fine of Rs5,000 on him. He would undergo RI for a period of six months more if fails to pay the fine.
Similarly, he was convicted under Section 471 of IPC for which he would undergo RI for six months. The case was registered by the Vigilance when Pradhan was a student of BA (Political Science) during the year 1991-92 in Ravenshaw College, Cuttack. He was debarred from appearing next examination for adopting unfair means during final examination. But he procured forged marksheet as well as provisional certificate showing passing out degree examination and got his admission in MA. During investigation the case was proved and chargesheet was filed against Pradhan for trial on July 20, 1994.