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SC notice to Pranav Ansal on plea against bail in cheating case

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The Supreme Court has issued notice on a plea against the Allahabad High Court order, which dismissed a plea challenging bail granted to Pranav Ansal, son of Sushil Ansal, in an alleged cheating and forgery case in connection with unauthorized booking in Sushanta Golf City, Lucknow.

A bench headed by Chief Justice N.V. Ramana and comprising Justices A.S. Bopanna and Hima Kohli said: “Heard learned senior counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner. Issue notice, returnable within four weeks”. The notice has been issued to Ansal and the Uttar Pradesh government. Senior advocate Anjana Prakash appeared for the petitioner before the bench.

The plea has been filed by Lucknow resident Sunita Agarwal through advocate Kumar Mihir. The plea claimed that the petitioner had filed a complaint on November 13, 2017 with the PGI, Lucknow police station alleging that various accused persons, including Ansal, have committed acts of cheating and forgery with respect to illegal and unauthorised booking of various flats/plots/villas situated in Sushanta Golf City, Lucknow. A case was registered under various sections, including cheating, in December 2017.

The investigation found the allegations substantiated against Ansal and one Harish Gulla and the police report was filed on December 19, 2019. Special Chief Judicial Magistrate (Custom), Lucknow issued summons against Ansal on December 24, 2019. Ansal proposed a settlement to the petitioner.

“The settlement acknowledged the claim of the Petitioner and promise that they would allot new properties to the Petitioner in addition to the retained properties and would adjust the amounts paid by the Petitioner in such a way that the property is newly allotted to them and retained by them would be completely paid-up and no amount would be outstanding towards the purchase price of the said properties”, said the plea.

The plea contended that settlement deed on other papers was signed by the authorised representative, authorised vide company Board Resolution on September 9, 2019. However, the high court granted bail to Ansal on January 23, 2020.

The plea added that Ansal was released from custody, on the basis of the settlement deed, however, he did not adhere to promises made in the settlement.

“The Respondent No 2 (Ansal) denied having anything to do with the settlement deed and claimed that the executer of the said settlement deed is not an authorised representative at all. The said contention is not only clearly fallacious but also misleading. It is a matter of record that the Respondent No 2 filed a supplementary affidavit annexing the settlement deed before the High Court and sought bail before the High Court on the ground of the settlement arrived at between the parties”, added the plea.

The high court dismissed the petitioner’s plea against bail to Ansal on November 1, 2021.

The petitioner moved the top court seeking a direction to set aside the bail order of the high court.

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Mumbai: Man Stabbed To Death After He Intervenes To Settle Dispute In Sion Koliwada; Antop Hill Police Arrest 5

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Mumbai: Man Stabbed To Death After He Intervenes To Settle Dispute In Sion Koliwada; Antop Hill Police Arrest 5

Mumbai: A 22-year-old was murdered in the early hours of Friday in Mumbai’s Sion Koliwada area after an argument broke out over noise pollution. The Antop Hill police have registered an FIR in the case and so far five people have been arrested and further investigation is underway.

The incident took place around 12:30 am in Kokri Agar In Jai Maharashtra Nagar, Antop Hill. Vivek Gupta (22) was attacked with a knife and he succumbed to his injuries. As initial information available, a group of people were making noise causing disturbance on the street which lead to an argument broke out. Gupta had gone to resolve the dispute between the accused, however, angered over his interference, Gupta was attacked.

What started as a small fight soon escalated and Gupta was attacked with a knife. He was immediately taken to Sion Hospital, however, he succumbed to his injuries. He was pronounced dead at 3:30 am. The senior police officers of Mumbai Police Zone 4 were present at the hospital. The cops have so far arrested five suspects connected to this incident, and further investigation is underway.

The arrested accused are: Karthik R Mohan Devendra, Karthik Kumar Devendra, Vicky Muttu Devendra, Miniappan Ravi Devendra and the wife of Karthik R Mogan, the police informed. The case is registered under the relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita.

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Mumbai: 6 Booked For Defrauding Stock Trader Of ₹1.5 Cr In Bitcoin Investment Scam

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Mumbai: The Bandra police have registered an FIR against six persons for allegedly defrauding a stock trader of nearly Rs 1.50 crore in a Bitcoin investment scam. The suspects fled even before the case was filed, prompting a manhunt. They have been identified as Abur Sode, Dhanjibhai Rawaria, Jishan Shaikh, Indrajit Latif, Abdul Latif, and Ramkumar Dharmak, all from Mumbai and Navi Mumbai.

The complainant in the case, Yogesh More, 50, is a resident of Parel and operates a stock trading business in the Marwari area in Bandra West. He met the accused three years ago, during which they introduced themselves as representatives of a company called Friptex Finsol, claiming to offer Bitcoin as a virtual currency.

Trusting them, More transferred around Rs42 lakh in cash and Rs1.08 crore via cheque to various bank accounts associated with the company for Bitcoin purchases between November 2021 and October 2024. Despite these payments, he did not receive the promised Bitcoins, and after multiple inquiries, the accused continued to evade him. Over the last three years, neither the Bitcoins nor a refund was provided.

Complaint Lodged At Bandra Police Station

Suspecting fraud, he began investigating and discovered that Friptex Finsol was a bogus company, and the accused had orchestrated a scam. He then lodged a complaint with the Bandra police. Following an initial inquiry, the police registered a case against six persons under sections 406 (criminal breach of trust), 420 (cheating), and 34 (common intention) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

A police officer said that the accused are from Mumbai and Navi Mumbai. “The preliminary inquiry has not revealed any past criminal history. We are searching for the accused,” the officer added.

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West Bengal: Youth Arrested For Rape Of Deaf & Mute Woman In South 24 Parganas’ Kultali

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Kolkata: A youth was arrested on the charges of raping a deaf and mute woman at a deserted building in Kultali in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal.

Even as the main accused in the case has been arrested, the local people had been agitating claiming that a local Trinamool Congress panchayat chief Prahlad Nashkar allegedly pressurised family members of the victim to settle the matter against Rs 2,00,000.

However, Nashkar has denied the allegations, saying he was the first to reach the spot and inform the family members of the victim about the incident.

Complaint Filed

The victim’s family members filed a complaint on Wednesday evening. Thereafter, the police started an investigation and based on circumstantial evidence, the accused youth was arrested.

He will be presented at a district court in South 24 Parganas on Thursday only and the public prosecutor will seek his police custody, a district police official said.

Part Of Kultali & Jaynagar Turn Into Virtual Battlefields

In the first week of this month, part of Kultali and adjacent Jaynagar turned into virtual battlefields over violent protests by the local people over the rape and murder of a minor girl there.

At that point in time, the main allegation of the local people was against the police and the latter ignored the missing complaint by the parents of the victim. The local people also alleged that had the police been active in tracking the victim minor, the heinous crime could have been averted.

The protesters became violent and attacked the police station. A local police camp was ransacked and set on fire. The police had to resort to massive lathi-charge to dispel the mob then.

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