Chandigarh court dismisses anticipatory bail plea

Tribune News Service

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Chandigarh, September 4

Rajeev K. Beri, Additional Sessions Judge, Chandigarh, has dismissed the anticipatory bail of a person, Deepak Verma, in a cheating case.

The case was registered on a complaint of a woman, who alleged that she was cheated of Rs40,73,000 by unknown callers. The applicant is facing charges of allegedly receiving Rs45,000 from the woman.

The counsel for the applicant contended that the applicant had been falsely implicated in this case. He had no concern with the alleged occurrence. There was no allegation against the applicant, except that he had received Rs45,000 in his bank account. This applicant neither allured anyone in this regard nor demanded this amount from anybody.

The additional public prosecutor opposed the bail application by submitting that a widow had been made a victim in this case by the accused, including the applicant. He said fraudulent callers active in the area of Delhi-NCR cheated complainant Baljeet Kaur of Rs40,73,000. She kept depositing amount in different bank accounts as per the advice of callers.

Call details and ownership details of those phones brought out that, among other recipients, the applicant was also one who had received Rs45,000. He said two accused had been arrested. The duo had disclosed that they were running such a racket in the Delhi-NCR area. The remaining accused were yet to be arrested and the recovery of amount was yet to be effected. He said the applicant would be required for custodial interrogation for the purpose of recovery of amount and to find out the modus operandi.

After hearing the arguments, the court, in its order, said: “The FIR reveals details as to how the complainant, Baljeet Kaur, was cheated of huge amount (Rs40,73,000) on the advice of fraudulent callers. Time and again she would receive calls and would act as per their advice and transfer the amount in different bank accounts. One of the recipient accounts was that of the current applicant. He admittedly received a sum of Rs45,000. Allegations are that he is one of the members of a gang of fraudulent people working in the area of Delhi-NCR. It is not, therefore, only a matter of recovery of Rs45,000 from him. Rather, it would prima facie be relevant to bring out the modus operandi of this applicant and co-accused in committing the involved offence. These circumstances and the nature of allegations do not warrant that the applicant be admitted to anticipatory bail.”