Maharashtra: 60-Year-Old Man Fined Rs 3 Crore For Power Theft
The textile firm owner was found guilty of power theft worth Rs 85,75,425. PTI Outlook Web Bureau 2021-04-07T10:35:14+05:30 Maharashtra: 60-Year-Old Man Fined Rs 3 Crore For Power Theft outlookindia.com 2021-04-07T10:39:01+05:30
A 60-year-old owner of textile firm was sentenced two years’ rigourous imprisonment by a court in Maharashtra over power theft. The court also fined the man Rs 3 crore.
The order was passed by District Judge P P Jadhav on April 1 and a copy of it was made available on Tuesday.
If the accused fails to pay the fine, he will have to undergo simple imprisonment for one more year, the court said.
Maharashtra: Court acquits five in case of attempt to murder
A Thane court has acquitted five persons, including a bar manager and three other employees, in a 2013 case of attempt to murder and culpable homicide.
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THANE: A Thane court has acquitted five persons, including a bar manager and three other employees, in a 2013 case of attempt to murder and culpable homicide, saying the prosecution failed to prove the charges against them.
District and Additional Sessions Judge P P Jadhav passed the order on February 10 and a copy of it was made available on February 17.
70-Year-Old Maharashtra Man Jailed, Fined Rs 19 Lakh In 2008 Power Theft Case 70-Year-Old Maharashtra Man Jailed, Fined Rs 19 Lakh In 2008 Power Theft Case On assessment, it was found that between May 16, 2007, and March 10, 2008, there was a theft of 94,589 units of electricity valued at Rs 6,32,454, Mr Kadu had said.
The complainant company must be paid Rs 12,60,000 for losses, the court said (Representational)
Thane:
The district court in Maharashtra s Thane has sentenced a 70-year-old man to two years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 19 lakh in a case of power theft dating back to 2008.
In his order, District Judge PP Jadhav held accused Monuddin Mehaboob Shaikh guilty of offences punishable under section 135 of the Electricity Act, 2003.
The duo surrendered to a Thane court on December 14 2019. They were subsequently arrested by the city police s Economic Offences Wing which is probing the cheating case.
The jewellery firm had shut its outlets in Thane, Palghar, Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra a couple of days before Diwali last year, leaving hundreds of people, who invested in its gold and fixed deposit schemes, in the lurch.
The two accused were booked under various IPC sections, including 420 (cheating), 406 (criminal breach of trust), 34 (common intention) and also provisions of the Maharashtra Protection of Interests of Depositors in Financial Establishments (MPID) Act and the Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Act.
The jewellery firm had shut its outlets in Thane, Palghar, Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra a couple of days before Diwali last year (file photo)
THANE: A court here in Maharashtra has rejected the bail application of two owners of Goodwin Jewellers, arrested in connection with a multi-crore cheating case involving thousands of investors.
District and Sessions Judge (special cases) R V Tamhanekar in his order on Saturday said the accused, A M Sudheerkumar and A M Sunilkumar, both brothers and owners of the fraud-hit jewellery chain originally hailing from Kerala, did not deserve bail at this stage.
Hence, their application was being rejected, he said.