Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 22: CJM Jammu Preet Simran Kour today rejected the bail application of one Harpreet Singh, who duped innocent people on the pretext of providing job by impersonating himself as Army Officer.
After hearing APP Vikram Parihar for the UT whereas Advocate BR Chandan for the applicant, Chief Judicial Magistrate observed, “in the present case, the accused/applicant is accused of cheating complainant and other youths with fraudulent manner and duped them of Rs 85 lakh on the pretext for providing Govt job in MES, MoD and DRDO etc”.
“Not only this, he has prepared fake and forged appointment cum joining call letter in favour of complainant showing it as genuine letter of Ministry of Defense with logo, Directorate of Manpower Planning and Recruitment Sena Bhawan New Delhi”, the court observed, adding “in a scenario, wherein fake job rackets have become a booming business wherein innocent people are duped every day and in order to unfold many chains of networking of this unscrupulous business of illegal fake appointment orders, there needs to be a thorough investigation which is still going on in this case”.
“Granting bail at this stage might hamper the ongoing investigation. As such, in the wake of the severity of crime, the stage of investigation as well as the various aspects as to involvement of some other persons, I am of the considered opinion that the bail application at this stage is premature, hence rejected”, CJM ordered.
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