India, Feb. 27 -- Valentina Ganesh Kumar, an accused in the Torres Jewellery fraud, has moved the Bombay High Court to quash the First Information Report (FIR) in which she has been named, citing gross violation of due process for not being served a notice under Section 35 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. Section 35 of the BNSS relates to the discretion of the police to make an arrest without a magisterial warrant. A division bench of Justice Sarang Kotwal and Justice Shriram Modak has posted the petition for hearing on March 19.

According to her plea, the Russian born 44-year-old Valentina, who has been living in India and is married with an 11-year-old daughter, was merely an employee at the Torres Jewellery store in Da...