Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 17: Additional Sessions Judge Jammu Tahir Khurshid Raina today rejected the bail application of Shakeela Bashir and her son Tawseef Ahmed Bhat, who had duped people of Rs 6.5 crore.
According to the prosecution case, Reyaz Ahmed Mattoo and his wife Ruquaya of Saida Kadal Srinagar approached the complainant Rayees Ahmed, Proprietor of Wals and Walnuts Industries, Sunjwan in the year 2016 and introduced himself as dry fruit trader having business in the name and style of “Sadaf Dry Fruit” at Vidhata Nagar, Bathindi.
Reyaz Ahmed then revealed his name as Fiaz Ahmed. He started taking dry fruit consignments, especially walnut kernels, from the complainant and made payments. After winning the confidence, he told the complainant that he has got orders from Army for a huge dry fruit consignment. Believing his words, complainant supplied him huge quantity of walnut kernels of around Rs 10 crore .
After making 25% payment Reyaz Ahmed left for Srinagar where he went underground. After strenuous efforts the complainant finally traced him out and Reyaz Ahmed gave him cheques of an amount of Rs 1.45 crore. When same were presented at the concerned bank, they got bounced on account of insufficient funds.
Immediately thereafter the accused couple went underground with no traces of their whereabouts till now. On being duped at the hands of accused-couple, the complainant approached Crime Branch Jammu. Preliminary enquiry was conducted wherein the accusations were prima facie found to be correct. Accordingly, FIR bearing No. 21/2019 was registered against the accused-couple for commission of offences under Section 420/120 RPC.
During investigation, it came into notice that accused introduced himself as Fiaz Ahmed and issued cheques in the name of Reyaz Ahmed Mattoo and even the bills and vouchers got issued in the name of Reyaz Ahmed. The accused-couple is still on run after swindling Rs 6.50 crore.
The complainant has stated in his statement recorded by the IO that whenever he compelled the accused for payment of his huge balance amount, accused-applicants Touseef Ahmed Bhat came to him, gave assurances for giving chance to the accused Reyaz Ahmed , just to dodge him to ensure smooth delivery of entire consignments of dry fruits to him of around Rs 10 crore.
During investigation it came to the fore that around 14 Marlas of land was purchased by the wife of the accused Reyaz Ahmed and transferred it to Shakeela, one of the accused-applicant, and two storey building was constructed there on.
The cost of land of accused as per market value is Rs 48,49000 and of the house is Rs 26,68,584 which in the sale deed has been just mentioned Rs 11 lakh. It was found that sale-purchase of land was made during the period when accused Reyaz and his wife went underground. Moreover, no proof or document was produced by accused-applicant Shakeela with regard to source of money for purchasing this land and construction of house.
After hearing both the sides, the court observed, “in the interest of justice accused have to be kept in custody and any argument of right to life and liberty cannot sustain at this stage as same can be curtailed through the process of law”.
“Apart , it is the corresponding right of the complainant and the society as well that required to be taken into account , which by its collective wisdom wants the accused to be kept behind the bar to save the society from the scourge of the criminality of the alleged accused and remedy the loss suffered by the accused”, the court said while rejecting the bail application.
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