InfraLive September-15, 2025

Court finds evidence of siphoning www.infralive.com 47 InfraLIVE September 15, 2025 office and before assuming the office of the trust by present trustees, the respondents attempted to destroy the evidence. ix. After going through the whole record, various documents and report of forensic analysis the trust now has come to conclusion that there is manipulation or falsification of accounts in it. The business of the trust lacks transparency and legitimacy leading to misappropriation of huge amount by the respondents in connivance with each other done in pursuance of premediated plan. x. Therefore, the trust carried out forensic investigation and audited all the record through reputed firms on three occasions and obtained their reports. It is transpired from those reports that out of the total purchases or goods procured of amount of Rs 12,43,09,92,597/- its substantial part has been siphoned off by the respondents by committing fraud on the trust and cheating it. 5. After revealing above facts, the applicant approached concerned police station and its senior police officers, but as no action taken, he filed the present application seeking direction to register the offence and investigate thematter as per Section 175(3) of B.N.S.S. 8. The documents on record shows that the Respondent Nos.1 to 7, were office bearers of the trust at relevant time andwere responsible for the day to day affairs of the trust. 9. The another set of documents also show that Respondent Nos.1 to 7, appointed the Respondent Nos. 8, 14 and 16, companies, which are sister concerns, for supply of the medicine and other goods to the hospital. The remaining respondents are various office bearers of those companies who are responsible for the supply of goods andmedicine, etc. purchased by the hospital. 10. The reports of forensic analysis produced by applicant shows that during the long span of time, the total goods of value of Rs. 1243,09,92,597/-, were supplied to hospital and its record is not properly maintained. While making purchases and supplying goods several illegalities found to be committed by the respondents. It is opined by these experts that it resulted in loss of crores of rupees to the trust. These reports are based on the scrutiny of all the relevant documents pertaining to financial transactions done by the trust during the period of office, held by respondents. It can be said from these findings based on the record that there is substance in the allegations. 13. As the role of all the respondents transpired the offence needs to be registered against all of them. Considering all thesemerits of thematter, following order- The P.S.O. Bandra Police Station, Bandra, Mumbai, is herewith directed to register the offence under Sections 403, 406, 409, 420, 465, 467, 471 and 474 r/w 34 of Indian Penal Code, against all the respondents and investigate thematter as per Section 175(3) of BharatiyaNagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. List of Respondents inCC27 of 2025 1. MrChetanMehta 2. MrNiketMehta 3. MrRashmiMehta 4. MrBhavinMehta 5. Mrs SushilaMenta 6. MrAyushmanMehta 7. MrNimesh Sheth 8. AknaMedical Pvt Ltd 9. Mr Saurabh Pandey, Director, AknaMedical Pvt Ltd 10. MrMahadavanNarayanamoni, Director, AknaMedical Pvt Ltd 11. Mrs Kalpana Srinivasan, Director, AknaMedical Pvt Ltd 12. Mrs Isha Sadana, Director, AknaMedical Pvt Ltd 13. MrDhiraj Jain 14. Shreeji Distributors Pharma Pvt Ltd 15. Mr ShankerBadam, Director, Shreeji Distributors Pharma Pvt Ltd 16. VardhamanHealth Specialities Pvt Ltd 17. MrMayankKapoor, Director, VardhamanHealth Specialties Pvt Ltd