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Chachi 420: bail rejected by Session Court

The popular ‘Chachi 420’, who robbed many women of Kayast community with her well-crafted lies and fake investment scheme, has to spend more time in jail, as her bail was rejected by Session Court on Thursday.
Manju Verma, a middle-aged woman, is accused of robbing women with her plans of over Rs 1 crore. Out of this, 8 women have come together with evidences of Rs 62 lakhs been taken by Manju by forgery.
Manju’s bail was rejected by district court earlier this week. Hence, the accused appealed Session Court for the same.
In the hearing, advocate Manoj Sharma representing objectors said, “The accused took another person’s cheque book, signed it and gave it to the victims as security of her promised returns on investment.” This clearly showed that Manju had forged documents to trick victims.
“The accused should be charged under section 467 and 468 of Indian Penal Code (IPC),” Sharma said. The section quote ‘forgery of documents for the purpose cheating’ the victim and the arrest becomes non-bailable in such a charge.
Defending the act of Manju, accused’s lawyer claimed the case to be simply a case of cheque bounce.
After hearing both the arguments, Session Court Judge Justice Vaibhav Mandloi rejected the bail considering the amount of forgery involved and women cheated by Manju.
During the hearing, Sharma also reminded the court about Manju’s husband Amit Verma, who has been charged under the same FIR (first information report). “There has been no arrest or investigation done against him as yet,” he said.
Manju has also been booked under section 406 and section 420 of IPC for criminal breach of trust and cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property.
The victims
While there are many more victims in the Kayast community of the fake schemes sold by Manju, 8 women from Brajeshwari Annex, Ravi Nagar, Vaibhav Nagar and Revenue Nagar are fighting the case. Women shared that many other men and women are not coming out with the issue due to their image in society.
Schemes of Manju for earning the big bucks
Manju picked up money from women in the community by promising investment returns in 10 days. Initially, she even gave them returns after 10 days. After the return was settled, Manju came up with a new scheme of investment within an hour or two to lure them back into investments.
Among women, who were apprehensive about making money through investments, she shared the tale of how her husband’s case is pending in court and begged for financial assistance to fight the case.
Ensuring that women don’t befriend each other and find out about her fake schemes, Manju regularly spread gossip and tricked them into fighting with each other. Her network was mostly spread in Kayast community. 



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