The Delhi High Court on Monday refused to grant anticipatory bail to a man accused of duping a businessman of Rs 2 crore on the false assurance of arranging a meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah in relation to a railway contract.
The High Court dismissed the plea for pre-arrest protection and said considering the overall facts and circumstances of the case, no ground was made out for grant of anticipatory bail to accused Anish Bansal and noted that specific role of each accused in the entire conspiracy needs to be unearthed.
"Moreover, this court also notes that accused persons have used the name of Union Home Minister for inducing the complainant to part with a huge amount of money, knowing fully aware that the assurance he was being given was false.
"Since it had dawned on the complainant that there was no connection between the accused/ applicant and the Union Home Minister or his family with accused Brijesh Ratan or his father that he had started demanding back the money and had realised that he had been cheated in the name of constitutional authority," said Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, pointing to the gravity of offence with names of such constitutional authority and his family used to cheat the complainant. Investigation needs to be carried out regarding the same."
A case was registered by the Special Cell of Delhi Police in 2022 for the alleged offences of cheating, criminal breach of trust and criminal conspiracy under the Indian Penal Code.