The Srinagar court on Saturday settled a 17-year-old legal battle by convicting two individuals for defrauding a foreign national of Rs 34 lakh in a property scam dating back to 2008.
The convicted individuals, Mukhtar Ahmad Guroo and Nazir Ahmad Guroo, sons of Gulla Guroo, residents of Abi Karpora, Nehru Park, Dalgate, Srinagar, were found guilty of duping a foreign lady in a property scam.
The case, registered by the Crime Branch Kashmir in 2010, noted that the complainant was promised land and property worth ₹34 lakh in the Gulab Bagh area of Srinagar.
However, according to the then legal code, she could not have purchased any piece of property in Jammu and Kashmir, though the accused had not informed her about the legal procedure.
The court ruled the victim was under the impression that she was a co-owner of the house she lived in with the accused, Mukhtar Ahmad, only to realise later that she was duped by her partner.
The investigation revealed that the complainant had come to India in the early 1990s and was residing in Goa when she met Mukhtar Ahmad Guroo in 2005.
The crime branch, after taking up the investigation, found the allegations to be true and then submitted their report to the competent court on August 24, 2010.
After hearing extensive arguments from both sides, City Judge Abdul Bari pronounced the judgement, holding both accused guilty.
According to the court verdict, Mukhtar Ahmad Guroo has been convicted under Section 420 of the Ranbir Penal Code (RPC) and sentenced to two years of simple imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 5,000.
His accomplice, Nazir Ahmad Guroo, was convicted under Sections 109 read with 420 RPC for abetment in the crime and awarded the same sentence of two years’ simple imprisonment and a fine of Rs 5,000.
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