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| Court rejects bail plea of Delhi biz man, directs SIT to file charge-sheet within 3 weeks | | Cheating Case | | Saahil Suhail
Early Times Report
Anantnag, Aug 13: The Anantnag Court on Friday rejected the bail plea of Delhi-based businessman allegedly involved in a high profile cheating case.
The businessman Pankaj Jain, son of Devraj Jain, of Sector 9 Rohini, New Delhi, allegedly involved in a high profile cheating case, was arrested last week by Anantnag Police.
“Taking note of all the facts and the high magnitude of the case into consideration, this Hon'ble Court finds it proper not to release the applicant at this stage as his presence has been secured after more than a year after a non-bailable warrant was issued against him. Since the past conduct of the accused clearly shows that despite the number of communications and summons, he hasn’t bothered to appear before the investigating agency for the purpose of investigation, there is every likelihood that he may flee once released on bail,” the Court observed while rejecting his bail application. The Court termed the case of serious nature and ordered that the investigation is completed ‘as soon as possible’.
“The allegations are also serious in a sense that the Justice delivery institution has been used for extorting money by filing false complaints, thus it requires investigation in a more efficient and transparent manner,” the Court observed.
The Court also directed SIT to file a charge-sheet within three weeks and located all three persons whose particulars were given Vikram Baderwaj (victim) to conclude the investigation in a ‘just and proper way’.
In 2019, the Anantnag Court had granted anticipatory bail and directed him to join the investigation when required and not to leave territorial limits of Jammu and Kashmir without the permission of the court, however he didn’t cooperate with the police investigation.
Important to recall, the Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) South Kashmir Range had filed a written complaint at Police Station Anantnag stating the businessman was instituting fake complaints against some people residing outside Jammu and Kashmir to extort money from them.
The DIG in his letter stated that on the basis of fake complaints, the accused was obtaining non-bailable warrants and was later using them for extracting money from his 'targets'.
On the basis of DIG South Kashmir, Anantnag Police has registered a case against the accused U/S 420, 467, 468 PRC and SIT was constituted to probe the matter.
Police in its initial report said that they have raided the office of the accused and seized two laptops, documents and different kinds of seals. Two persons Vikram Baderwaj, a resident of New Delhi and Alok Kumar, resident Mayoor Vihar Delhi attended the office of In-charge SIT and stated that on 19-01-2019, a police party from Kashmir visited the house of Vikram Baderwaj and produced a non-bailable warrant which was issued by Judicial Magistrate 1st class Qazigund. The police party arrested Baderwaj and took him to New Delhi's SafdarJung Police Station; however later released him as they suspected that the warrant was issued in fraud and frivolous case, reads police report.
The accused had set up an office in Anantnag and employed few boys and girls. All those employees have confessed before the police that the accused was directing them to file complaints in different courts against non-local businessmen. They said on the basis of those complaints, the accused was obtaining non-bailable warrants and later he was using these warrants and his gang of lawyers for extortion. |
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