India, Feb. 18 -- Additional sessions judge D P Ragit on Monday rejected Sheetal Tejwani's bail plea, taking into account her active role and involvement in the alleged sale transactions and the non-payment of stamp duty amounting to Rs.21 crore in the Mundhwa land deal. The order was uploaded on the court website on Tuesday.

Observing that there is a possibility of tampering with prosecution evidence, the court held that merely being a woman cannot be the sole ground for grant of bail in a serious economic offence involving government land transactions worth Rs.300 crore.

The investigating officer, in his written submission, informed the court that seven other cases of a similar nature, involving allegations of cheating, criminal breac...