Pune: A special sessions court rejected the anticipatory bail application of the wife of a builder, the main accused, in an over Rs 2-cr cheating case. The builder promised the plaintiff high returns on his investment in an import-export business during the lockdown when nobody wanted to invest in the real estate sector.
Additional Sessions Judge KP Nandedkar rejected the bail application of Roya alias Seema Nadir Naima Abadi (35), a resident of Camp, Pune.
A case has been registered at the Samarth Police Station against Nadir Abdul Hussain Hassan Ali Naima Abadi, a resident of Camp, Roya alias Seema Nadir Naima Abadi (35), a resident of Camp, Maulana Shoab Mainuddin Attar, Majid Usman Attar, Khalid Mainuddhin Attar, Iram Shoab Attar, all residents of Bopodi, under the Maharashtra Prevention and Eradication of Human Sacrifice and other Inhuman, Evil and Aghori Practices and Black Magic Act, 2013. Section 3 of the Maharashtra Protectionof Interests of Depositors (in Financial Establishments) Act, 1999 has also been invoked in the case.
The incident took place from August 2020 to August 2022 in Rasta Peth. Shaikh Abdul Basit Abdul Latif (45), a resident of Kondhwa Khurd, lodged a case in this connection.
The accused, Maulana Shoab and Nadir are the developers. They needed money during the lockdown as the real estate had slowed down. Nobody was ready to invest in the sector during that period. Hence, the accused lured the complainant to invest in the import-export business, which they never owned. Trusting them, Shaikh invested from time to time over Rs 2.30 crore. However, the accused did not give any returns on his investment and cheated him.
The anticipatory bail application was heard in the court of Judge KP Nandedkar. The plaintiff’s lawyer Adv Amey Sirsikar said, “The applicant accused is the wife of the main accused and knew all details of her husband’s financial irregularities. She was one of the financial beneficiaries in the crime. She had induced the investor to invest money in her husband’s business. Right from the beginning, she played a role in cheating the investors.”
The accused denied the charge. While junking the bail plea, the court said that the crime was serious and the amount involved was huge.
Public prosecutor Adv Maruti Wadekar, Adv Amey Sirsikar, Adv Mahesh Zanwar, Adv Shrikrishna Ghuge, Adv Ganesh Gorawade and Adv Prasad Renuse took part in the proceedings.
