The Delhi High Court has denied anticipatory bail to a man accused of defrauding a businessman of Rs 2 crore by falsely stating that he had arranged a meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah over a railway deal, saying it was adding to the seriousness of the situation. the offense of using the names of such constitutional authorities to deceive the complainant.
The high court dismissed the plea for pre-arrest protection and said that considering the general facts and circumstances of the case, there was no basis for granting anticipatory bail to accused Anish Bansal and noted that the specific role of each accused in the entire conspiracy needs to be unearthed.
”Furthermore, this court also notes that the accused have used the name of the Union Home Minister to lure the appellant to part with a huge amount of money, knowing very well that the assurance given to him was false.
“As it had become clear to the complainant that there was no connection between the accused/complainant and the Union Home Minister or his family with the accused Brijesh Ratan or his father, he started demanding the refund and realized that he had been cheated in the name of constitutional authority,” the judge said. Swarana Kanta Sharma.
In its order, the high court further said, “The gravity of the offense is increased by the fact that the names of such a constitutional authority and his family were used to deceive the complainant. An inquiry must be conducted in this regard.”The Special Cell of the Delhi Police registered a case in 2022 for alleged cheating, criminal breach of trust and criminal conspiracy under the Indian Penal Code.
The police had received a complaint that the complainant businessman had met one Brijesh Ratan along with another person through Bansal.
Ratan had allegedly represented himself as a business partner of the Union Home Minister’s son and has business ties with the BJP leader.
The complainant alleged that Ratan committed a fraud by taking Rs 2 crore instead of arranging a meeting with the Union Home Minister to get the job done and that he got an inkling that his father was the Chairman of the Railway Board and was close to Shah.
It was alleged that during the entire conversation between the complainant and Ratan, accused Bansal was present.
The complaint alleged that despite repeated demands, Ratan failed to arrange the complainant’s meeting with the Union Home Minister and later, when the complainant asked for a refund of Rs 2 crore, he was told that Shah had been met and the amount had been paid. was given to the BJP leader as a token amount and more money had to be paid for the work done.
After demanding more money, the complainant doubted the intentions of the co-accused as well as the present accused and came to know that Ratan was cheating him, following which an FIR was lodged.
Bansal sought anticipatory bail, claiming that he had no role in the entire alleged incident and at best the only charge against him was that he had arranged a meeting between the complainant and the co-accused.
The prosecutor objected to the allegation, saying that the charge was serious in nature as the appellant, who was charged, was part of a criminal conspiracy in which the name of the Home Secretary of the State has been unnecessarily drawn in and falsely asserted has been extended in the name of such constitutional power. .
According to the High Court, from the entire investigation so far, it was clear that this accused was part of the crime in question and it was he who was present at the meeting where the co-accused induced the complainant to pay Rs. 2 kroons for making a false statement and misleading and misleading him regarding his father’s position and his connections with constitutional power.
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