MUMBAI, May 5 -- The Bombay high court on Wednesday rejected the anticipatory bail of Harinarayan Bhagirathi Rajbhar, a former Member of Parliament from UP, accused of misusing government letterheads for granting fake government certificates for jobs, and the national emblem. The case stems from a January 16 complaint filed by Devendra Singh, who runs Ashray, an NGO, in Thane. In August 2020, Singh's acquaintances informed him that his name was recommended for the post of chairman in Maharashtra unit of the MSME Export Promotion Council, a private company. Following this, on November 9, 2020, Rajbhar, also an active member of BJP, Rashtriya Parishad, and Pradesh Karya Samiti, signed an order letter that appointed Singh to the position. Singh alleged that Rajbhar signed the letter as the chairman of MSME EPC. The name and address on the appointment letter belongs to MSME EPC. However, the letterhead and emblem of the central government used falsely shows the appointment to be issued by the government. Appearing for the NGO, which acts as the intervener, advocate Prashant Pandey submitted that Rajbhar had directed him to gift a Fortuner, a luxury SUV, as a bribe to a sitting MP to speed up his appointment process. Representing Rajbhar, advocate K H Giri submitted that Rajbhar has barely studied till Class 2 in vernacular medium and hence had a very limited knowledge of English. He said Rajbhar was not aware of which letterhead he had signed on. Additional public prosecutor Rutuja A Ambekar said similar complaints of appointment letters with Rajbhar's signature have been reported in Haryana and Pimpri Chinchwad. She said, "The investigating officer has found 11 appointment letters signed by the present applicant, addressed to different individuals for the post of Chairman of MSME Maharashtra, Haryana, UP and Tamil Nadu." The court denied bail, noting that the case is not confined to cheating one, but advances to several victims. Rajbhar was elected on BJP ticket Sheer (Belthra Road) as an MLA from 1991 to 1992 and re-elected from 1996 to 2002. He was then an MP from Ghosh in UP from 2014 to 2019....