HC Pulls Up EOW Over 4-Year Delay in Filing Chargesheet
The Free Press Journal|December 26, 2024
The Bombay High Court (HC) has strongly criticised the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Mumbai police for its "failure" to file a charge-sheet even four years after the registration of an FIR in an investment scam.

The matter pertains to more than 600 investors, including senior citizens, who were reportedly duped of several lakhs. The FIR was registered on October 7, 2020, by the Vinoba Bhave police under the Indian Penal Code and the Maharashtra Protection of Interest of Depositors (MPID) Act. The case was transferred the same day to the EOW.

"We are extremely unhappy with the manner in which EOW, Unit-8, Mumbai, has handled this case," the HC remarked, stressing that the prolonged delay keeps investors in the dark and denies them justice.

This story is from the December 26, 2024 edition of The Free Press Journal.

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