India, Dec. 3 -- A Delhi court has issued forgery charges against Sushil Ansal - convict in Uphaar Cinema fire tragedy - for allegedly concealing past criminal cases while applying for a passport in 2013, noting that subsequent acknowledgement of unintentional mistake cannot erode the accused's previous culpability.

".it is observed that prima facie, the accused has consciously concealed the details of criminal cases pending against him as also the order of conviction, in the sworn affidavit filed by him with the passport verification filed by him in 2013, in the teeth of Section 12 of the Passports Act," the order, passed by chief judicial magistrate Shriya Agrawal of Patiala House Courts on November 28, mentioned.

The court added that...