HC grants bail to govt staffer in cheating case

₹10 LAKH PAYABLE

HC grants bail to govt staffer in cheating case

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Madurai: 15.12.2020

The Madras high court has granted bail to a government employee on condition that he should deposit ₹10 lakh in a case registered against him for cheating and issuing fake appointment orders to a few people in Ramanathapuram district.

The court was hearing the bail petition filed by Kannan, who was arrested by the Ramanathapuram district crime branch police on September 27.

The case of the prosecution is that the petitioner was working as superintendent in the chief educational officer’s (CEO) office at Ramanathapuram district.

He along with other accused had collected ₹20 lakh to get jobs to three people for the post of junior assistant in government schools, for which fake appointment orders were prepared.

The petitioner’s counsel submitted that he was not involved in the crime as alleged by the prosecution. He submitted that police have completed the investigation and also filed the final report before the concerned jurisdictional court. Since custodial interrogation of the petitioner may not be required, he sought bail.

The government advocate submitted that the petitioner who was working in the CEO office had obtained money and provided fake appointment orders to people to join as junior assistants at government schools in the district. When the headmasters of the concerned schools found that no appointment orders were issued by the CEO and all were fabricated, they informed the CEO.

Justice G K Ilanthiraiyan granted bail to the petitioner on condition that he should deposit ₹10 lakh before the Ramanathapuram judicial magistrate II court.