[6000 Crore Amrapali Scam] Accused Slapped With INR.50,000 Fine for Abusing Court Process by Allahabad High Court

Last Week, Amrapali Group’s director, Ajay Kumar was slapped with INR 50,000 towards costs by the Allahabad Court, The Court did not approve the modification application on the interim bail which was granted to him for two months.

Mr Ajay Kumar's involvement is notably seen in the 6,000 crores Amrapali mega scam. The case is, however, pending against him 2 others accused under section 3 and 4 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002 in the court of special session judge. He was granted interim bail on medical grounds for 2 months. it was then dismissed by the Bench of Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh as he heard an application filed by Ajay Kumar on modification of the interim order on the date of 18th September 2020. 

The bail application was finally disposed of by the court on 3rd December 2020, according to the undertaking of accused-applicant, he should have surrendered before the trial court on or before 31st December 2020.  Notably, he did not surrender on or before 31st December 2020 and instead filed an application to modify interim order dated 18 September 2020. He, however, did not annex the final order of 3rd December 2020 whereby that application was already disposed of.  

The Court observed “That was deliberately done to avoid the listing of the bail application before the Bench which has passed the final order dated 3rd December 2020. As per the design, in fact, the matter got listed before the bench which passed order dated 18th September 2020 granting interim bail to the accused-applicant for two months on medical grounds.” Since he tried to meddle with the course of justice, the High Court imposed a cost of Rs.50,000/-on Kumar, which is to be deposited within a period of two weeks, with the Oudh Bar Association