P&H: Grants Bail to Man Accused in Plot Allotment Fraud Case, in continuous custody since February 2018 in one case or the other, Cites Long Custody and Right to Speedy Trial
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has granted bail to Gaurav Chhabra in a cheating and forgery case arising out of a plot allotment scheme, holding that his continued custody was no longer justified.
The case stemmed from an FIR lodged at Model Town Police Station, Hoshiarpur, on the complaint of investors who alleged that Nature Heights Infra Ltd. had induced them to invest in a plot scheme with promises of allotment and execution of sale deeds. They claimed they paid money in lump sum and instalments, received plot IDs and agreements to sell, but the sale deeds were never...
