Updated on Feb 7, at 10.40 a.m.

Additional Sessions Judge JM Brahmabhatt refused regular bail to the main accused Lala alias Raju Nai in the case of running a huge scam involving more than 64 different people on the pretext of getting a government job in the Mudra (Micro Units Development & Refinance Agency) Loan and Social Welfare Department.

The Sessions Court said that prima facie a serious offense is established against the accused. While the investigation of the case is still going on and the charge sheet is yet to be filed, bail cannot be granted considering the seriousness of the crime committed by the accused.

Updated on Jan 28, at 10.10 a.m.

Additional sessions judge JM Brahmabhatt refused anticipatory bail to Ramila Patel, the accused in the case of committing a financial scam by extorting lakhs of rupees from more than 64 different people on the pretext of getting a government job in the Social Welfare Department.

The court observed that the petitioner is a government employee, and is working as a nurse in the civil hospital of the city. Although she has no official authority, she, in connivance with other accused has extorted a total amount of more than ₹54.40 lakh from the complainant and other witnesses on the pretext of getting jobs in the Social Welfare Department and Mudra loans.

According to the court, in such a crime, the presence of the accused in the investigation is mandatory, and the investigation cannot be completed without custodial intervention, thus, the court rejected the anticipatory bail of Patel.

In which a very serious financial scam was committed in which ₹6,40,000 was received from the victims of fraud as a loan and ₹4,00,000 per person for getting jobs in the social welfare department, totalling ₹54.40 lakh.

The accused worked as a nurse in a civil hospital, and misused her position as a government employee to lure innocent people into the false pretence of getting government jobs and currency loans and has defrauded them of lakhs of rupees. In these circumstances, considering the seriousness of the crime, the court should not show mercy to her, otherwise, the wrong message will be sent to the society and the victims, according to the chief public prosecutor, Sudhir Brahmbhatt.

Accepting the arguments of the government, the court rejected the anticipatory bail of the accused.

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