Ranchi, Dec. 7 -- The Hazaribagh land scam case, in which suspended IAS officer Vinay Choubey is the main accused, involves serious, structured and systematic fraud undertaken with the deliberate intention to grab state land, the Jharkhand high court observed in its order rejecting the bail petition of co-accused Binay Kumar Singh.

A high court advocate close to the matter informed Hindustan Times that the observation came to the fore when the high court uploaded its order in Singh's bail petition on Saturday.

"The high court dismissed Singh's bail application on Thursday. The order observed that the land scam case in which Singh and IAS Vinay Choubey are accused involves serious, structured and systematic fraud undertaken with the deli...