Rly pass forger let off on bond of good behaviour

‘Jail Reduces Offender’s Capacity To Adjust To Society’

- Rebecca.Samervel

Woman spent 21 days in jail in ’15

Mumbai: Observing that release after imprisonment decreases the capacity of an offender to adjust to normal society and association with professional delinquents often has undesired effects on their lives, a magistrate allowed a convicted 25-year-old city-based interior designer’s plea to be let off on a bond of good behaviour after she pleaded guilty to forging her monthly railway pass just to avoid the trouble of renewing it.

The woman, Afrin Shaikh, had spent 21 days in jail after she was arrested in February 2015. She has been out on bail.

Shaikh will have to pay Rs 3,000 as compensation to Western Railways.