The Madhya Pradesh High Court, Gwalior Bench recently denied bail to the CEO of a Janpad Panchayat who allegedly embezzled money set out for the beneficiaries of the Vivah Sahayata Yojna. The Court observed that it was prima facie a white colour crime case and that it appeared to be a big scam where crores of Rupees were siphoned off-
Further investigation is still going on regarding role of other culprits. Incidentally, other two accused namely Yogendra Sharma and Hemant Sahu were neither Govt. employees nor were contractual employees in any manner but were working at the instance of applicant prima facie, therefore, possibility cannot be ruled out that some more members must be involved in commission of offence. It appears to be a big scam where crores of rupees were siphoned off on the pretext of giving benefit of विवाह सहायता योजना to poor construction workers.
Justice Anand Pathak was dealing with the bail application wherein the Applicant was accused for offences punishable under Section 409, 420, 467, 468, 471, 201, 120-B IPC & under Section 7,13(1) & 13(2) of Prevention of Corruption Act.
As per the prosecution story, the Applicant, working in the capacity of Chief Executive Officer of Janpad Panchayat, Sironj, misused his official position and embezzled an amount of Rs. 30,68,37,000/- on pretext of 6021 marriages allegedly conducted by members of unorganized labour class under Vivah Sahayata Yojna. The said scheme, promulgated by…