Bhopal, May 28 -- In a major judgment, the court of Judicial Magistrate First Class Rahul Singh Yadav on Tuesday sentenced two individuals to three years of rigorous imprisonment for defrauding two complainants of Rs 7 lakh. The convicted accused, Devendra Swaroop Bhatnagar and Awadhesh Singh Sisodia, were also fined Rs 10,000 each.
Assistant District Public Prosecutor Neeraj Bhargava represented the prosecution and informed the court that the duo had hatched a well-planned conspiracy to cheat the complainants-Prem Singh and R.K. Goyal-by falsely claiming ownership of a plot in Gulabi Nagar Housing Society.
The accused showed plot number 23 as their own and issued receipts for plot number 22, promising to complete the registration process...