A man, who was jailed for three years for charges of dishonestly selling a plot to a woman, 15 years ago, has been acquitted by a sessions court which held the complainant’s story as doubtful.
Madan Singh, a native of Jaipur has filed an revision appeal against the magisterial court’s order which had convicted him for dishonestly selling a 200 sq yards piece of land for Rs 10 lakh to the woman in east Delhi in 1999. Additional Sessions Judge, Pulastya Pramachala while allowing Singh’s appeal said that the whole story of the complainant of paying money against transaction of purchase of a land is doubtful and is not proved on record beyond reasonable doubts. ‘In that situation, there cannot be any ground to raise assumption of guilt of appellant (Singh) for the offence of cheating. Hence, this appeal is allowed,’ the judge said.
The woman had lodged the complaint in 2001 alleging that Singh had offered her the land for Rs 10 lakh in 1999. She said that after she made a payment of Rs 6.5 lakh, she found out that she was cheated by him as the land did not belong to him.