India, April 7 -- A Delhi court has convicted a man for forging Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath's signature on a recommendation letter addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to secure a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ticket for the 2019 UP Assembly byelection, observing that misusing the names of public functionaries compromises the sanctity of official communications.

"The misuse of the names of public functionaries is often dismissed as trivial, yet when it assumes the form of a forged official act, it strikes at the very foundation of public trust," the order stated.

The judgment was passed by Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Jyoti Maheshwari of Rouse Avenue courts on March 30, and the sentencing is set to take plac...