A man accused of selling property by using forged documents under fictitious names in 2021, had his applications for anticipatory bail rejected four times over the past few years – twice by a Sessions Court and twice by the Delhi High Court. He then filed petitions by special leave (SLPs) in the Supreme Court – which too, were dismissed.
But the man, Nikhil Jain, decided to try his luck again – and managed to obtain some relief from two lower courts. After a Magistrate Court and a Sessions Court in Rohini granted him protection from arrest, Jain moved the High Court for anticipatory bail.
On Wednesday (September 24) the High Court refused his plea, and pulled up both the Magistrate Court and Sessions Court judges for “judicial indiscipline”.
Jain and some others are accused in a case pe