Citing a public notice by an accused’s father disowning him, a magistrate court rejected bail to a Gujarat-based businessman booked by the Mumbai Police in a cheating case, observing that he may flee if released and even his family members will not be able to tell his whereabouts.

The Mumbai Police’s Economic Offences Wing (EOW) had booked Birju Salla for allegedly cheating a jeweller of Rs 12 crore. Salla had previously been acquitted by the Gujarat High Court in 2023, which had overturned his life imprisonment sentence awarded by a special court for allegedly planting a threat note on a flight in 2017.

Salla sought bail citing parity, as another accused booked in the case was also granted bail. The EOW opposed his plea stating that arresting him had been a task and he may not remain

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