The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition filed by fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi seeking to quash a First Information Report (FIR) registered against him for allegedly duping a woman through a franchisee of his firm Gitanjali Jewellery.
Justice Sandeep N Bhatt rejected the plea moved by Choksi, then chairman and managing director of Gitanjali Gems, who is a wanted accused in the Rs 13,000-crore Punjab National Bank fraud case.
Prima facie, a case of criminal breach of trust and cheating was made out against Choksi and others and hence the FIR can not be quashed, the judge said.