India, March 18 -- A fraud has been unearthed at the Bombay high court (HC) wherein the accused in a case of cheating secured bail using a fake court order bearing the forged signature of a Pune court judge even as their bail was originally refused.

The fake court order was submitted as an official document before the Bombay HC to obtain bail. Following the discovery that the court order is fake, both the Bombay HC and district court have ordered an investigation into the fraud.

Judge Shivkumar Dige in his order stated: "The above order was passed on the basis of a handwritten order of learned JMFC tendered before this court. The order passed by the learned JMFC, Pune, below exhibit-88 shows that the said court has not passed any such o...