The Allahabad High Court has given relief to Vishwanath Gupta, accused in the ongoing Serious Fraud case against 69 companies including Rotomac Global of Kanpur and their directors, auditors and officers.
The Allahabad High Court has directed the Civil Judge, Junior Division Mathura, to decide within four months the criminal case relating to the continuation of pension payments to fake persons in connivance with the authorities, after the death of persons receiving disability pension.
The Allahabad High Court has dismissed the transfer application of an accused, observing that seeking transfer of criminal trial at the drop of a hat is not recognised by the courts or by any tenet of law.
The Uttar Pradesh government has assured the Allahabad High Court that it will not take any arbitrary action against the traders in matters related to cheating, while also apprising the court that the state government will soon issue guidelines in this matter.
The court observed that the affidavits of the officers are not satisfactory. It seems that both the bank and the police are not serious. Proper efforts were not made to prevent fraud. They are told that the fraud took place from a remote area. Even the police are afraid to go to the Naxal area.
The bail application under Section 439 of Code of Criminal Procedure has been filed by the applicant Sher Ali, seeking enlargement on bail during trial in connection with Case under Sections 364, 304, 506 IPC, registered at Police Station Phoolpur, District Varanasi.