Reported by The Times of India
MUMBAI: The Colaba police has arrested one of the two accused who allegedly submitted forged documents as sureties for an accused seeking bail in an MPID case before a Mumbai Sessions Court.
Colaba police arrested Jaffar Shaikh and are looking for three more accomplices who have aided and abetted Shaikh in the crime.
The complainant in the case is Amar Sudam Rokade, an interpreter attached to the city Sessions Court and the matter relates to MPID Special Sessions case. The original case was registered at Goregaon Police Station in June 2025 against four accused, including Deepak Kumar Dulichand Jain, under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
Jain, who was arrested on June 27, 2025, was granted bail by the Bombay High Court on January 8, 2026, subject to furnishing a Rs 2 lakh surety bond and two local sureties. Accordingly, Anwar Sheikh and Arafat Sheikh were produced as sureties before Sessions Court No. 20.
The two sureties submitted asset certificates purportedly issued and stamped by the Bhiwandi Tehsildar, along with Aadhaar cards, PAN cards, ration cards and tax receipts.
