FIR filed against sacked Madhya Pradesh drict judge for fudging date of birth

BHOPAL/JABALPUR: A first information report (FIR) has been regered against a former Madhya Pradesh judge on charges of fraudulently reducing his age six years to get into the judicial services, a police officer in Jabalpur said.The case was regered Jabalpur civil lines police station on a complaint the Madhya Pradesh high court adminrative officer Vipin Chandra Gupta, inspector Ramesh Kaurav said.According to the complaint, Radheshyam Madiya, who was posted as an additional drict judge in Katni drict and dismissed in June this year due to alleged misconduct, is accused of changing his date of birth from February 10, 1960, to February 10, 1966, to be eligible to become a judge. “The adminrative officer informed that Radheshyam Medhiya tampered with his birth certificate and changed his date of birth to become a judge,” Ramesh Kaurav, the Civil Lines police station town inspector, said, A case has been regered under sections 420 (cheating), 467 (forgery of valuable security) 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating) and 471 (dishonestly using fake documents as genuine) of the Indian Penal Code.Kaurav said if required, the former judge will be arrested after the complaint is investigated.A high court official said multiple complaints were received against the judge and he was also suspended earlier. He was removed from service after an inquiry conducted into a complaint of misconduct indicted him in June this year.