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Ahmedabad Court Denies Bail to Popular Builders Owner

AHMEDABAD: A city sessions court on Tuesday denied the regular bail request of Raman Patel, the owner of Popular Builders, in a land-grabbing case filed by the CID (crime) last year. The court refused bail primarily due to Patel’s prior convictions, including a similar case in which he was found guilty of using forged documents to seize two plots. Patel and his brother Dashrath were named as witnesses in a 2010 CBI chargesheet related to the controversial Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case. Over the last five years, Patel has faced multiple allegations of land grabbing linked to forged documentation concerning transactions…

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Gujarat: Popular Builders Owner Denied Bail in Forgery Case

AHMEDABAD: A sessions court denied bail to 67-year-old Dashrath Patel, owner of Popular Builders, concerning a 2022 land fraud case. Currently imprisoned at Sabarmati Central Jail, Patel is accused of conspiring to forge land records for a sale deed from 1983 in Godhavi village. Patel’s legal representative contended that the issue is primarily civil and pointed out that the FIR was lodged almost 39 years after the alleged event without sufficient justification. He also mentioned that all evidence is documentary, with no forged documents featuring Patel’s signature or handwriting. His age, health conditions, cooperation with investigators, and the fact that…

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Ahmedabad Builder Owner Sentenced to Four Years in Jail

AHMEDABAD: A JMFC court in Sanand sentenced Raman Patel, owner of Popular Builders, to four years in prison for a fraudulent land transaction in Chekhla village near Ahmedabad dating back to 1996. Patel was convicted of forgery and criminal conspiracy. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 1.40 lakh, directing that Rs 1 lakh be paid to the descendants of the landowner deceived by Patel and eight accomplices, including his brother Dashrath Patel, according to district government pleader Pravin Trivedi. Both Raman and Dashrath were witnesses for the CBI in the 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case. In August 2020,…