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PANAJI
The Bombay High Court at Goa, on Friday, confirmed an order by a lower court and directed former Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar to face charges of cheating in the Serula land grab case. However, the order of the lower court directing that Parulekar also faces trial under the Prevention of Corruption Act has been set aside since the government did not grant sanction to prosecute him.
Parulekar and others filed a petition against the summons issued to him by the North Goa Principal District and Sessions Judge in the Serula Comunidade cheating and land grab case.
“The part of the order dated 01.06.2017, issuing process against the petitioners, for the offence punishable under Section 13(1)(c) and (d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, is hereby set aside, for want of sanction.
“The order issuing process against the petitioners for the offences punishable under Section 119, 120, 420 read with Section 120-B of IPC, is hereby confirmed,” the Bombay High Court ruled.
“The parties to appear before the learned Judicial Magistrate First Class at Mapusa on 06.08.2018,” the court ruled.
On a petition filed by Adv. Aires Rodrigues, the Mapusa JMFC on 16th January 2014 had directed the Porvorim Police to register an FIR against then Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar, Peter Martins, then attorney of Comunidade of Serula and Irene Sequeira, then Administrator of Comunidade of Bardez for offences under sections 119, 120, 420 read with 120-B of the Indian Penal Code.
Adv. Rodrigues in his complaint had drawn the Court’s attention that the 599 sq mt of prime land on the CHOGM Road at Porvorim was given away to Dilip Parulekar without any auction and without following the procedure contemplated under the Code of Comunidade and that the whole intention was to fraudulently facilitate the doling out prime Comunidade land to Dilip Parulekar.
