Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 13: Principal Sessions Judge Kathua, M K Hanjura has rejected the pre-arrest bail of a woman, who was allegedly involved in impersonation and land-grabbing.
According to the police case, the accused namely Indra Devi, wife of Bhagat Ram of Raj Bagh, Hiranagar along with other accused persons including one Surjeet Singh hatched a criminal conspiracy to fabricate a false document with the intention to deprive Soma Devi of a piece of land.
In furtherance of conspiracy, Indra Devi presented a Special Power of Attorney executed in favour of Surjeet Singh for registration before the then Sub-Registrar Hiranagar in respect of land bearing survey No 422/1 measuring 2 Kanals situated at village Muthi Hardo, Raj-Bagh by falsely personating the actual executant.
After hearing Advocate Sat Pal for the petitioner and Public Prosecutor Ravi Kumar Gupta for State, Sessions Judge Kathua, M K Hanjura observed, “land grabbing is a new master crime. Any organized group can and does indulge in this most sophisticated of undetected art and craft of the crime of land grabbing”, adding “the big-sharks of the society use all the weapons of cunning silence and duplicity. In this case, the accused are alleged to have fabricated a false document with the intention to deprive an innocent lady of her land to the tune of 2 Kanals”.
“This appears to be a case of land grabbing by using the weapons of cunning silence. Merely because the petitioner/accused is a woman will not clothe her with the right to claim pre-arrest bail where the magnitude of the alleged crime is alarming. Therefore, custodial interrogation of the accused is warranted in the instant case as the investigating officer has been specific in stating that investigation of the case is still in progress”, the Court said.
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