Gujarat High Court: In a shocking incident that unfolded in Gujarat, at least four people, complainants in a cheating case, tried to commit suicide by drinking phenyl at the high court in Ahmedabad on Thursday. According to the police, they were apparently upset over the court entertaining pre-arrest bail applications of the accused. The condition of all four was stable as they were rushed to a nearby hospital.
Shailesh Panchal (52), his wife Jayshriben (50), Hardik Patel (24) and Manoj Vaishnav (41) tried to kill themselves by consuming phenyl in the court of Justice Nirzar Desai when the hearing was going on, said inspector Jignesh Agravat of Sola police station. According to him, they were aggrieved as the court was hearing anticipatory bail pleas of the general manager of Colour Mercantile Co-operative Bank and two others against whom they had filed complaints for allegedly siphoning off loan amounts.
Judge left the court following the incident
Earlier the court had granted the accused people interim protection from arrest. Justice Desai left the premises after the incident led to a ruckus in the courtroom.
Panchal, his wife and the other two had lodged complaints against loan consultant Chintan Shah, general manager Kinnarbhai and manager Atul Shah for forgery, cheating and criminal breach of trust at Anandnagar police station in Ahmedabad. The four had approached the bank for loans which were duly sanctioned, but the accused allegedly siphoned off the amounts by forging documents, as per the complaint.
(With inputs from PTI)
