Sources from New Delhi have stated that senior citizen, who allegedly duped several grain merchants of Rs 8 crore, has been denied bail by a Delhi court which said it appeared that he was in a habit of playing fraud. Meanwhile the court said if the accused was released on bail at this stage, it would give a bad signal to the society and it was likely to lose faith in the judicial system.
It was stated that the court noted that accused Shyam Lal Mittal was earlier arrested and sent to jail and was granted bail after he assured to repay the amount. He, however, retracted from his promise after which the victims approached the court seeking cancellation of his bail and he was again taken into custody.
Moreover the court, while dismissing his bail, said
that while granting bail, a balance has to be struck between larger interest of
society for keeping peace as well the very principle in the criminal justice
administration that the accused is presumed to be innocent from very beginning.
