Madras HC Denies Bail to Doctor Accused of Cheating Two MBBS Aspirants
Chennai: The Madras High Court bench recently denied granting anticipatory bail to a doctor accused of taking around Rs 15 lakh from the parents of two medical aspirants with the promise of getting them admitted to an MBBS course in Ukraine and then failing to do so.
Taking note of the fact that the matter was currently under investigation, the HC bench of Justice R M T Teekaa Raman mentioned on Wednesday, "Considering the nature and gravity of the offence, I am not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner."
As per the prosecution, the parents of the petitioner allegedly approached the parents of two medical aspirants and mentioned that their son was studying medical course in a foreign university i.e. Bogomolet College in Ukraine.
With the promise of securing a medical seat for those two aspirants, the parents of the petitioner collected Rs 7,41,000 and Rs 7,55,000 from them. However, when the children of those complainants reached Ukraine, they were offered a literature course, which is equivalent to B.A. course in India.
After returning back to India, the petitioner refused to repay the amount and he could not give any medical seats to those medical aspirants as well. Thereafter, the parents of those medical aspirants filed complaints against the petitioner.
Apprehending arrest, the petitioner doctor approached the High Court bench and filed the petitions for anticipatory bail. The counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner completed his medicine degree and is currently working as a Doctor in a private hospital at New Delhi. It was further submitted that the entire occurrence took place in the year 2018 and the FIR was registered in the year 2019.
On the other hand, the counsel for the Government informed that pursuant to an order passed by the learned Magistrate, First Information Report in the case was registered.
The court was also informed by the Government counsel on 16.08.2023 that an interim protection was earlier given to the petitioner and he had been directed to appear before the investigative police to place his matter as to whether he had secured the seat as promised and remitted the fees as stated in the petition.
Further, the counsel for the Government stated that the petitioner did not attend the inquiry and nor did he appear before the police as per the direction of the court.
Taking the matter into consideration and after perusing relevant documents, the Court observed that on the promise to get a medical seat in foreign university in Ukraine, the petitioner and his parents took around Rs 15 lakh from the parents of two medical aspirants. However, the petitioner failed to get the medical seat and did not return the amount as well.
Considering the fact that the matter is under investigation, the HC bench denied to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner doctor.
To view the orders passed by the HC in two cases, click on the links below:
https://medicaldialogues.in/pdf_upload/madras-hc-order-219300.pdf
https://medicaldialogues.in/pdf_upload/madras-hc-judgment-219302.pdf
