Calcutta High Court Quashes Case Against Village-Level Entrepreneur Accused Of Siphoning Funds Allotted Under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana

Case: Tarun Kumar Pal Vs. The State of West Bengal & Anr.

Coram: Justice Ajay Kumar Gupta

Case No.: CRR 395 of 2022

Court Observation: This Court finds the case initiated against him is purely on the basis of suspicion as appears in the FIR as well as in the charge-sheet. Case alleging cognizable offences without specific allegation or disclosing materials against the petitioner cannot be continued. There must be direct allegation and/or material or involvement in the alleged offence but that is entirely missing. Allegation against him is only on the basis of doubt or suspicion.

There is no other role played by the VLE except their current houses’ location. He has no role to transfer the funds to the accounts of the beneficiaries or relatives of the another accused Naba Kumar Let specific allegation against the present petitioner for misappropriation of funds or breach of trust or siphoning of the fund as alleged by the Block Development Officer.

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