The Bombay high court posed this question while asking the daughters of a deputy commissioner of income tax, accused in 2006 trap case, to prove their claim to properties and money attached by the CBI.
How can an 18-year-old college student gift her sister Rs4.78 lakh? The Bombay high court has posed this question while asking the daughters of a deputy commissioner of income tax, accused in 2006 trap case, to prove their claim to properties and money attached by the Central Bureau of Investigation.
Justice JH Bhatia on March 5 heard applications filed by Lavina and Roshni, both fashion designers, seeking their release saying it belongs to them and not their father SC Tekwani. On December 11, 2006, two people were nabbed during a trap accepting a bribe of Rs2.75 lakh. It was revealed that Tekwani had received certain valuable articles by misusing his authority. On December 13, 2006, Tekwani’s house was searched and huge movable property, including cash, jewellery and documents showing deposits in the banks, were recovered.
Lavina claimed she had income from fashion designing, also received money from her married elder sister Kiran, an NRI, and had sold her flat for Rs33 lakh in October 2006. Lavina and Roshni claimed to have received gifts from relatives and urged release of their passports, account with State Bank of India and jewellery.
The judge noted that the bank’s cash ledger for April 2006-March 2007 showed that Lavina, who was 23 at the time of the search, earned Rs34,700 from fashion designing. “Therefore, this income appears to be reasonable and probable,” said Bhatia. He questioned the huge receipts of income in 2006 including Rs5 lakh from Kiran, Rs2.22 lakh from lottery, Rs4.5 lakh from her mother and Rs4.78 lakh from Roshni who was then 18.
The judges said the flat was purchased in the name of the sisters for Rs12 lakh and does not appear to be from their income.
“Therefore, the sale proceeds of that flat also do not appear to be property of the applicants. There are several other entries which are suspicious,” Bhatia noted. He said ornaments, they claimed, were found in two lockers belonging to their mother. “The applicants will have to establish their claim on the said property at the time of trial before the special court. At this stage, it is difficult to accept their claims, except to the extent of Rs34,700,” the judged said, directing the CBI to release the amount.
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