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2021 (2) TMI 1387
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....th Golabari Police Station Case No.688/2018 dated 20th November, 2018 under Sections 465/467/468/471/420/406/120B of the Indian Penal Code and Panchla Police Station Case No.295 of 2018 dated 7th December, 2018. On the basis of a suo motu complaint made by one Parth Sarathi Halder, Officer-in-Charge, Egra Police Station Case No. 43 of 2019 dated 13th January, 2019 was registered under Sections 120B/406/411/414/419/420/424/468/471 of the Indian Penal Code and 66(D) of the Income Tax Act. It was alleged in the complaint that a group of fraudsters and racketeers deceived innocent persons over mobile phone informing them, inter alia, that they won lottery in Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) and huge amount of prize money would be credited to their ....
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....d articles from the petitioner during investigation of the said Golabari Police Station Case. In the charge sheet itself, the Investigation Officer made a prayer for further investigation under Section 173(8) of the Criminal Procedure Code and if some additional evidence reveals, the Investigation Officer prayed for liberty to file supplementary charge sheet. Vide order dated 27th September, 2019, a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court on perusal of a report filed by the Inspector General of Police, CID, West Bengal observed as hereunder: "...I find serious economic consequences involving not only India but also different West Asian Countries." "Let further investigation be conducted under the supervision of Inspector General of Police, CI....
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....ingpins of the racket are operating from Pakistan. Considering the gravity of offence a Coordinate Bench of this Court directed further investigation in this case under the supervision of the Inspector General of police, CID West Bengal by a team of CID Officers not below the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police. He also refers to the relevant portion of the case diary wherefrom it is found that statements of some witnesses were recorded under Section 161 of the Code of Criminal Procedure and from their statement, complicity against accused Manish Gupta reveals. It is also pointed out by the learned P.P-in-Charge that the Investigating Officer sent a letter of request for mutual legal assistance of the government of the United Arab Emir....
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....India) Private Limited. In order to get such information, foreign government action has been sought for. For the purpose of getting such report, I am of the considered view further detention of the accused is not necessary till date, the investigation does not suggest any link between accused Manish Gupta and the above named companies situated respectively in United Arab Emirates, Bangladesh and India. It is also not out of place to mention that the articles which were seized from the accused Manish Gupta was actually seized in connection with Golabari Police Station Case No.688 of 2018 in the instant case no new incriminating material has been seized from the accused. Considering such aspect of the matter and in view of long detention of t....