Man, 60, jailed in cheating case
A city court sentenced a 60-year-old man to two years in jail for cheating a textile firm of fabrics worth over `10 lakhs about 15 years ago.
“There is an old adage which says one must not be greedy in life. The accused in this case was greedy and wanted to become rich and that’s why he landed in this case,” metropolitan magistrate (MM) Prashant Sharma said while sentencing Baldev Raj.
After sentencing Baldev Raj, the court, however, granted him bail on a personal bond of `20,000 with a surety of the same amount on his plea for the relief.
According to the prosecution, Baldev Raj and his accomplices had cheated one Sanjay Bhutani, an employee of private firm Vogue Textiles, by tricking him to deliver them fabrics worth `10.46 lakhs in January 1996.
On Bhutani’s complaint, the police had lodged the FIR in the case in December 1996 against Raj and his accomplices, who were later declared proclaimed offenders.
The court relied on the statements of Vogue Textiles employees who said Raj had projected himself as D.R. Kapoor and introduced his wife and one Dilip Malik as co-partners of his firm Little Angels Exports. The witnesses said the textile firm had supplied fabrics worth over `10 lakhs but when it demanded the payment, the accused issued post-dated cheques which were not honoured.
Raj, however, claimed innocence saying he was merely an employee of the firm Little Angles Exports and its partners Dilip Malik, Neelam and Sandeep were the main culprits.
The court, however, convicted Raj, relying upon witnesses’ testimony.
During arguments on sentence, Raj’s counsel sought his release on probation on the ground that he was a senior citizen and suffering from various age-related ailments.
In another case, a Delhi court let off a youth facing trial for allegedly raping a girl in 2009 after the alleged victim said that he had had married her and the accused did not commit any wrong act with her.
While acquitting east Delhi resident Imran of the rape and kidnapping charges, additional sessions judge Sanjay Sharma also let off his brother Irfan of the charges of helping his brother in committing the crime.
The court let off the two brothers after the girl deposed that her parents had implicated them in false case as they were opposed to her marriage with Imran.
“It is to be noted here that she is now married to accused Imran which fact she stated in her statement while adding that neither Imran nor Irfan (his brother) committed any wrong act with her,” the court said.
ASJ Sharma also rejected the prosecution argument that the girl was only about 14 years
old at the time of alleged incident, saying, "When the girl had not made any allegation
that either she was kidnapped or raped by the accused, the age factor would not be of
any consequence."
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