Manzoor Ahmed Akhter V. The State,
MLD 2020 233 · Balochistan High Court
This case involved Manzoor Ahmed Akhter, a school teacher, who had earlier been convicted under Section 364-A of the Pakistan Penal Code (kidnapping for extortion) and had his sentence reduced on appeal. After his release from jail, he approached his department claiming that his conviction appeal had actually been allowed by the High Court on a compromise and that he had been acquitted. To support this false claim, he produced a fake or forged High Court judgment. Based on this forged document, he managed to get reinstated in his job, received his salary and allowances, and continued drawing pay until his retirement, causing a financial loss to the government.
He was tried and convicted by the Special Judge Anti-Corruption, Quetta, under multiple sections of the Penal Code dealing with criminal breach of trust by a public servant, cheating, forgery of court records, forgery of valuable security, and using a forged document as genuine, along with a corruption law provision. A co-accused education department official was acquitted for lack of evidence, but Akhter's conviction was upheld.
On appeal, the Balochistan High Court reviewed the evidence and found it clearly established that Akhter had obtained his job posting and salary through a forged acquittal order. The court maintained his conviction and sentence under the forgery-related sections and the corruption law, though it did not uphold conviction under some other sections originally charged. This case matters because it shows courts holding public servants accountable for using fraudulent court docum
یہ مقدمہ منظور احمد اختر نامی ایک اسکول ٹیچر سے متعلق ہے، جسے پہلے تعزیرات پاکستان کی دفعہ 364-اے (تاوان کے لیے اغوا) کے تحت سزا دی گئی تھی اور اپیل میں اس کی سزا کم کر دی گئی تھی۔ جیل سے رہائی کے بعد اس نے اپنے محکمے سے رجوع کیا اور دعویٰ کیا کہ اس کی اپیل ہائی کورٹ نے مصالحت کی بنیاد پر منظور کر لی تھی اور اسے باعزت بری کر دیا گیا تھا۔ اپنے اس جھوٹے دعوے کو ثابت کرنے کے لیے اس نے ہائی کورٹ کا ایک جعلی فیصلہ پیش کیا۔ اس جعلی دستاویز کی بنیاد پر وہ اپنی ملازمت پر بحال ہونے میں کامیاب ہو گیا، تنخواہ اور مقررہ مالی مفادات وصول کرتا رہا، اور ریٹائرمنٹ تک تنخواہ وصول کرتا رہا، جس کے نتیجے میں سرکاری خزانے کو مالی نقصان پہنچا۔
اس پر مقدمہ چلایا گیا اور اسپیشل جج انسدادِ بدعنوانی، کوئٹہ نے اسے تعزیرات پاکستان کی متعدد دفعات کے تحت مجرم قرار دیا، جن میں سرکاری ملازم کی جانب سے امانت میں خیانت، دھوکہ