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    Doc in dock for faking admission receipts

    The Madras High Court has refused to grant anticipatory bail plea to a doctor, who reportedly indulged in fraudulent methods while obtaining admission for 121 students at a medical college in Philippines.

    Doc in dock for faking admission receipts
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    Madras High Court

    Chennai

    Justice S Vaidyanathan while dismissing the anticipatory bail plea of the doctor held that “Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and taking note of the fact that petitioner has cheated the defacto complainant and the students by issuing fake receipts and that huge amount is said to be swindled in the offence. Moreover, with the investigation in the case still pending, the court is of the view that custodial interrogation of the petitioner is just and necessary. Therefore, this court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to this petitioner.” According to the prosecution, S Santhanakrishnan (Petitioner) of Radha Nagar in Chrompet on claiming himself to be the founder of a trust called Platinum Health and Educational Trust had struck an agreement with Kriesh Thyagaraj (defacto complainant), running a trust called Student Protection Council of India (SPCI) in Coimbatore for sending students to Philippines for higher studies. 

    In pursuance of the agreement, Kriesh Thyagaraj had sent 121 students through Santhanakrishnan for the academic year 2014-2015. But out of the 121 students, as many as 71 students had paid the requisite amount for admission directly to Kriesh while in the case of 50 students, Sanathankrishnan had received it on the assurance that the entire amount due to Kriesh will be paid to him after he collected the entire amount from the candidates. Believing the assurance given by Santhanakrishnan, all the 121 students were sent to Philippines. But to his utter surprise, Kriesh found out later that the students have already paid the full amount to Sanathankrishnan in India and that he had also issued receipts for the same in the name of SPCI. Kriesh’s council submitted that the act clearly revealed that Santhankrishnan has fabricated the receipts in the name of SPCI with a malafide intention to cheat the defacto complainant as wells as the students to get illegal enrichment. On the other hand, Santhanakrishnan’s counsel claimed that he is innocent and that he has been falsely implicated in the case. The government advocate had submitted that the petitioner had cheated the defacto complainant to the tune of Rs.1.49 Crore by issuing fake receipts.

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