Holding that a clear case of cheating and forgery is being made out against Vispy Kapadia, a prominent face in the Mumbai karate circle, the Bombay high court recently rejected his plea seeking anticipatory bail in a case registered with the Gamdevi police station. The case is being probed by the Mumbai crime branch.
Holding that a clear case of cheating and forgery is being made out against Vispy Kapadia, a prominent face in the Mumbai karate circle, the Bombay high court recently rejected his plea seeking anticipatory bail in a case registered with the Gamdevi police station. The case is being probed by the Mumbai crime branch.
Kapadia, who is awarded the 'Utkrushtha Kreeda Margadarshak Puraskar' by the state government, is alleged to have submitted forged certificates to bag the sports award.
Justice Sadhana Jadhav, while rejecting the application, noted: "This court is of the opinion that the offence has been clearly made out against the present applicant." Furthermore, in the 20-page order it mentioned that the award is shrouded with mystery and it would have an effect on sports.
Kapadia has been facing charges for submitting nine forged certificates displaying the mettle of his students to support his claim for the 'margadarshak puraskar' for the year 2008-2009.
Kapadia, former president of the Maharashtra Karate Association and vice-president of All India Karate Do Federation, had approached the high court after a sessions court rejected his request for pre-arrest bail last year.
According to the police, Kapadia submitted his first proposal to claim the award in December 2008 and then again in January 2009. During scrutiny, he came to know that he was falling short in the points system and so he told the authorities that he had nine more undertakings given by his students, who were part of various national events.
However, the police claim that the students whose undertakings have been used have told them that they did not participate in the events mentioned and neither had they provided the undertakings to Kapadia.
The case came to light after former national champion Salaudin Ansari filed a private complaint against Kapadia. Ansari found that of the nine undertakings, one was by his wife Shaheen, one by his son Ayaan, one by his daughter Sana and one by his student Sandhya Shetti.
The court, while rejecting the petition, said: "Persons/high officials, office bearers and the sport coach claiming high credentials have misled the whole fraternity of sports. The noble profession of the sports coach is stigmatised. People would lose faith in the sport. Hence, it is apparent on the face of the record that an offence has been committed in connivance by one and all."
The court, on the request of Kapadia to approach the higher court, has stayed its order for three weeks.
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