Court refuses to provide protection to cheating accused

A Delhi court has refused to grant protection to a man alleged to have cheated several persons to the tune of lakhs of rupees on the pretext of getting their children admitted in MBBS course.

Special judge O P Saini dismissed the anticipatory bail plea of SatyajeetSingh after it was told that original documents and money of various students, allegedly cheated by the accused, were yet to be recovered.

The court was hearing the application moved by Singh in a case filed by one Yashpal Malik, who had paid him Rs 9.33 lakh for his daughter's admission.

Singh had earlier given undertaking before the court to deposit Rs two lakh, out of Rs 9.33 lakh, in Malik's account, but failed to do so, it noted.

"In the light of the fact that accused has himself not complied with the undertaking given by him in the court on the last date of hearing and original documents of many students are required to be recovered from him by the police, the plea of custodial interrogation put forward by the Chief Public Prosecutor appears to be justified.

"Accordingly, I do not find any merit in the application and the same is dismissed," the judge said.

While opposing Singh's plea, the prosecution had told the court that his custodial interrogation was required for the recovery of remaining documents as well as the money collected from various persons, since he is returning them.

"Another victim Mahender Prasad is also present in the Court. He submits that an amount of Rs 31.50 lakh was also collected by the accused from him for admitting his daughter to MBBS course, but nothing was done. It is submitted by him that no amount has been returned to him as yet," the court noted in its order.

According to the prosecution, the case was registered on Malik's complaint who had alleged that on the pretext of getting his daughter admitted to an MBBS course, the accused had collected money from him.

Thereafter, the accused had issued forged admission letter to his daughter in Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Science, Sheikh Pura, Patna, Bihar in January 2016.

Thereafter, the case was registered under the relevant provisions of cheating and forgery.