Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 18: Additional Sessions Judge Jammu, Rajesh Sekri today rejected the bail applications of Kuljeet Singh and his wife Shivani Sharma, who duped people of more than Rs 37 lakh on the name of sending them to foreign countries.
According to prosecution case, one Tarseem Singh, son of Nirmal Singh of Dablehar R S Pura and others lodged a written complaint in the Court of CJM, Jammu alleging that Kuljeet Singh and others had published an advertisement in local newspaper as also on internet for providing jobs to unemployed youth in abroad and had opened their office at 825-A Gandhi Nagar under the name and style of “7 Seas Study Abroad”.
It was further alleged that complainants were allured and assured by accused persons that they will be provided jobs abroad and in the process they extorted their hard earned money to the tune of Rs 37.25 lakh. However, neither the jobs were provided nor the money was returned to them.
On the receipt of the complaint duly endorsed by CJM, a case was registered in Police Station Crime Branch Jammu under different sections of RPC and enquiry was initiated.
It came to the fore during investigation that petitioner/ accused Kuljeet Singh had obtained two PAN cards by quoting different parentages and addresses and an account was opened in ICICI Bank Bahu Plaza in the name of his company “M/s 7 Seas Study center” abroad having its HO at 825-A Gandhi Nagar, Jammu, in which the complainants had deposited their money.
It further transpired that Form ‘O’ & ‘C’ had been obtained in connection with the agency, registered in the name of petitioner/accused Shivani Sharma and the firm/agency was to provide consultancy for obtaining visas of different countries. However, Kuljeet Singh with the connivance of others, sent the complainants abroad on tourist visas instead of work visas as promised by him and, therefore, cheated the complainants of their hard earned money.
After hearing both the sides, Additional Sessions Judge observed, “the petitioners/ accused have allegedly not only forged the documents but cheated the public at large by assuring to provide them work visas abroad”, adding “in the circumstances release of petitioners in anticipation of arrest may hamper the investigation and propensity on their part to jump over bail and tamper the evidence cannot be ruled out”.
With these observations, court rejected the bail application.
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