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Mahamed Sharif was accused of impersonating an employee of Abu Dhabi's royal family and staying at a five-star hotel for more than three months and leaving without paying bills. The Court granted him bail after he csettled his dues at the hotel.
A Delhi Court on Thursday granted bail to a man Mahamed Sharif accused of impersonating an employee of Abu Dhabi's royal family and staying in Delhi's Leela Hotel for more than three months from August 1 to November 20, 2022, without paying his Rs. 23.5 lakh bill.
Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Devender Kumar Jangala of the Patiala House Court said, "He is not required for any investigation purposes, therefore, no useful purpose is going to be served by keeping the applicant/accused further in JC”.
After a complaint was filed by Anupam Das Gupta, the manager of the Hotel at Sarojini Nagar police station. Initially, Sharif was absconding, later the Delhi Police arrested him from Karnataka on January 19, 2023. He was charged under Sections 419 (cheating by impersonation), 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property), and 380 (theft in dwelling house) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC)
While granting bail the court was appraised by Sharif’s counsel informed that he has already settled the outstanding bill and that the complainant has no objection to the bail. The court noted that Sharif was in custody since January 19 and was no longer required for custodial interrogation.
Taking note of the submissions, the court granted bail to Sharif on furnishing a bail bond of Rs. 50,000 with one surety of like amount.
Advocates Samar Khan, Abhishek Bakshi, Prashant Singh, Praful Sinha, Saud Khan, Shubhang Sharma, Tanvir Nayar, and Siddharth Jain appeared for Sharif. Advocate Neueille Mukherji appeared for the complainant.
Case Title: State v. Mahamed Sharif
Statue: The Indian Penal Code, The Code of Criminal Procedure
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