The Madras High Court in the case S.Rajasekaran @ Satta Rajasekar v The State obserevd and has refused to grant bail to a man who had misrepresented himself as being a lawyer and cheated a client, i.e., the complainant.
The bench headed by Justice KK Ramakrishnan in the case observed and has dismissed the appeal preferred by the man against conviction by a Special Court by observing that the special judge had rightly denied bail in the interest of society.
The said case being against the appellant Rajasekharan was that he had introduced himself as an advocate and a Press Reporter to the de facto complainant and has assured him to complete his land dispute case within the period of two months. Therefore, Rajasekharan had also received a sum of Rs. 3 lakh towards the advocate fee and the suit was decreed exparte as he did not appear in the court.
Therefore, the defacto complainant had informed the court that when he had requested Rajasekharan to repay the amount, he criminally intimidated the defacto complainant by using his caste name which caused him mental depression and for which he took treatment.
Later, the defacto complainant moved the police complaint for offenses under the IPC and the Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe, the Prevention of Atrocities Act 1989.
The said court was also informed that the trial judge had dismissed the bail petition stated that the Rajasekaran had four previous cases with similar allegation of cheating and he used to fleece money from the poor people by introducing himself as a media person and an RTI activist.
The allegations made were disputed by Rajasekharan in the FIR and the allegations made in the previous cases.
It has also been submitted by him that he had surrendered in the case and was confined in the prison for nearly 50 days and thus sought bail.
The court noted that the Rajasekaran had committed serious offences by abusing the defacto complainant using a caste name in public places, receiving fees by claiming himself to be an Advocate and refusing to repay the fee already collected.
The court in the case observed and has opined that the special judge was right in dismissing the bail plea in the interest of society and thus dismissed the appeal.
The counsel, Advocate Mr. S. Ayyanar Prem Kumar appeared for the Appellant.
The counsel, Advocate Mr. R. Sivakumar Government Advocate (the Criminal side), Mr. D. Rajaboopathy represented the respondent.