Panaji: The Panaji Court has released Evender Rodrigues from Calapor for cheating.
He allegedly took the RS 2.25 lakh promising a Portuguese passport within four months.
The court argues that failure to honor the promise is not a cheating violation unless the defendant has dishonest intentions.
“From the evidence on the record, the only guess on the defendant that he had convinced to provide the Portuguese passport to the person within four months,” the court said.
Even if it was deemed that the defendant failed to respect his promise, it could not attract materials of cheating violations except and until the prosecution proved that the defendant had a fraud or dishonest intention when making an appointment, the court was held.
The court, while opening Rodrigues, argues that all testimonies “clearly reveal that no one makes the question about the Defendant’s Anteceden, including work experience.
The money they pay is by installments, further, there is no evidence of work done and the progress of work It insisted by the people above from the defendant even before making the last installment payment “.
“From the behavior of the people above, it is very clear that they have not acted in a way needed by a wise person.
Payment of big money to the defendant to get a passport without signing the application form, without knowing the anecedents of the defendant and past experience and continue to make payments Without knowing the progress of the work, it seems very impossible and the same creates doubts about the case submitted by the Witnesses above.
There is no preventing the people above from at least asking the Portuguese consulate regarding the fate of their application, “said Ram S Prabhu Dessai, Judge’s Head Justice, ‘A’ Court, Panaji.
It was a prosecution case between 2018 and 2020, the defendant with the pretext of providing the Portuguese passport / documentation that induced a complainant to pay for Rs 2.25 Lakh, however, the defendant failed to provide a Portuguese passport or return money to the complainant to date.