CBI chargesheets builder for fraud to secure land for mall

The Central Bureau of Investigation has filed a chargesheet against M/s Ambience Developers and Infrastructure Pvt Ltd (earlier known as M/s HLF Enterprises Pvt Ltd) and its director Raj Singh Gehlot in a case arising out of delicensing of a part of area meant for a housing project for commercial purpose, thereby allowing construction of Ambience Mall on the Delhi-Jaipur. At the directions of the Punjab and Haryana HC, the CBI, Chandigarh, had registered an FIR on August 5, 2020, for cheating (Section 420 of the IPC), forgery of valuable security (467), forgery for cheating (468), using as genuine a forged document (471), criminal conspiracy (120-B) and under the Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act. However, after investigation, the CBI has claimed no case has been made out against the accused or anybody else under Sections 467, 468 and 471 of the IPC, and under the PC Act, thereby saying criminal misconduct had not been found on part of state officials.