October 23rd 2023.
A shocking incident of fraud has come to light in Mumbai. A woman advocate has been booked for allegedly duping a teacher of ₹90,000 with the promise of securing bail for the teacher's husband, who is serving time in jail on a murder charge.
The 26-year-old complainant, Satyata Naidu, met with Advocate Hiral Jadhav at the latter's office in Borivali East in August 2022. Jadhav assured the teacher of getting a bail and asked for Rs65,000 to initiate the process. The aggrieved readily gave the money.
Jadhav then claimed to have filed a bail application at the Dindoshi sessions court and asked Naidu to pay another Rs25,000 on October 28, 2022. She gave the money and Jadhav handed over an envelope saying it contained a bond receipt of Rs25,000 and the bail order. Naidu was instructed to deposit it at the Thane jail box.
When the complainant didn't hear from the authorities despite following the instruction, she contacted the jail officer and was shocked to know that the envelope was returned as it neither had the bond receipt nor the bail order. When confronted, Jadhav initially gave evasive replies and later said that the man hadn't been released due to a mistake by the jail administration. She then gave a second envelope while asking to deposit it again, but nothing happened.
Later in November 2022, Jadhav handed over photo copies of the bond receipt and the bail order to Naidu. However, when the man wasn't released, the advocate said that someone had complained against the murder accused and the bail order couldn't be executed.
Growing suspicious, Naidu sought the help of an NGO and checked online records, which showed no entries for her husband's bail order. Upon further investigation, it was revealed that the documents given to her by Jadhav were fake. She also discovered that the advocate had earlier cheated another person in the same manner.
An FIR was registered against Jadhav under sections 420, 465, 467, 468 and 471 of the Indian Penal Code. With the help of the NGO, Naidu was also able to recover the cheated amount.
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