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Pdf Text: IN THE COURT OF SPECIAL JUDGE (PC ACT) (ACB)-02,
ROUSE AVENUE DISTRICT COURTS, NEW DELHI
CNR No.: DLCT11-00628-2024
CLOR No. 12/2024
State vs. Closure Report
FIR No. 21/2003
P.S. Anti Corruption Branch
u/s 13 (1) (e) (d) P.C. Act.
11.09.2025
Order on Closure Report
1. This order shall decide the Closure Report filed by the
Investigating Officer (IO) ACP Jarnail Singh of the Anti-Corruption Branch
(ACB), Delhi.
Brief facts:
2. It is averred in the final report that on 25.10.2002, Roshan Lal S/o
Late Sh. Chhoturam R/o Village Qutubgarh, Delhi gave a complaint in Anti
Corruption Branch, Delhi, addressed to the Deputy Commissioner of Police,
Anti-Corruption Branch, Old Sectt., Delhi regarding minting of money by a
government employee namely Lala Ram Verma, a supervisor (Meth) and
employee of DDA and at the time of filing of the complaint, posted at RPD-X
(10) DDA, Rohini, Delhi. It was also averred that he has disproportionate assets
running into crores.
3. In the complaint, Sh. Roshan Lal averred that Shri Lala Ram
Verma S/o Late Sh. Tola Ram Verma R/o RZT-14, West sagarpur, Dayalpark,
Delhi, was working as Meth in Civil Department, DDA and was posted at
RPD-X (10) DDA, Rohini, Delhi in the said capacity i.e. IVth Class Employee.
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Lala Ram who was a government employee had amassed huge amount of
money and assets through illegal means; minted crores of rupees and purchased
properties either in his own name or in the name of his wife or other relatives.
The details of properties he purchased by illegal means are as under:
i. Property bearing No. E-II/381-382, Sultanpuri, Delhi a built up
house, worth lacs of rupees.
ii. Flat No. 156, Pkt. VII, Sector-21, MIG Flats, Rohini, Delhi, which
is worth about Rs. 11.00 lacs.
iii. RZT-14, Dayal Park, Sagarpur, New Delhi, where a school is
running in the name of Rita Public School, approximately Rs. 1.00
crore.
iv. RZT-15, Dayal Park, West Sagarpur, New Delhi which of many
lacs.
v. One Maruti car of cherry colour.
vi. Car No.DL4CR-5567, make Santro.
4. The complainant further stated in his complaint that besides the
above said properties, the said Lala Ram was holding and having other
properties and vehicles and questioned how was it possible for a Class IV
employee to have such a huge amount for the said properties. He stated that
therefore, the said money was earned and amassed by unfair and illegal means
and he had amassed properties disproportionate to his known sources of
income. He also averred that he was living a lavish life style and therfore, the
complainant requested that a case under Prevention of Corruption Act be
registered against Lala Ram Verma.
Investigation:
5. Enquiry was conducted on the said complaint and Inspector V.K.
Nayyar, A.C. Branch, gave
tehrir to duty officer after making endorsement on
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the complaint as Duty Officer, PS AC Branch. Enquiry revealed that the
suspect public servant, Sh. Lala Ram Verma was working as Meth/supervisor
in DDA since 1980. He had amassed assets in the form of properties i.e.
H.No.P2/381 Sultanpuri, Delhi; H.No.P2/382 Sultanpuri, Delhi; H. No.RZT-
14, Dayal Park, Sagarpur, Delhi; H.No.RZT-15, Dayal Park, West Sagarpur,
Delhi and Flat No.156, FF, Pocket-7, Sector-21, Rohini, Delhi. He also
purchased Maruti car No.DL9C-5526 and Santro car No.DL-9CM-5567 during
the period from 1980 till Oct. 2002 (the year of complaint). The suspect public
servant had purchased all the assets in his wife’s name except property No.
P2/382 Sultanpuri and Santro car No. DL-9CM5567 which he purchased in his
own name. The assets amassed by him are approximately 100%
disproportionate to the known sources of his and his family members’ known
sources of income. Thus,
prima facie a case of disproportionate assets u/s 13
(1) (e) of P.O.C. Act 1988 was made out against Lala Ram Verma, a
Meth/supervisor in D.D.A., posted with R.P.D. VIII, Rohini, Delhi at the time
of filing of complaint.
6. A case under section 13 (1) (e) PC Act was registered and
investigation was handed over to Insp. Diwan Chand. During the course of
investigation, on 22.05.2003, house search was conducted at alleged premises
RZ-14 & 15, Dayal Pur Park, West Sagarpur, Delhi of accused Lala Ram
Verma. House search Memo/Inventory memo was prepared during house
search of premises bearing No. RZ-14&15, Dayal Pur Park, West Sagarpur,
Delhi which is a three storey building having 20 rooms. On the 1st Floor, in 02
rooms, Lala Ram was residing along with his family and in the other rooms,
school in the name-style of “Rita Public school” was operating. The inventory
was prepared by the investigating officer. The entire search proceedings were
carried out as per procedure and nothing objectionable was found by the
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investigating officer during the search and nothing was seized. Copy of the
search memo was given to Smt. Kanti Devi Verma W/o Lala Ram Verma.
7. During further course of investigation, alleged Lala Ram Verma
submitted his written statement and concerned documents to the investigating
officer. Statement of alleged Lala Ram Verma is as under:-
“1. I am working as Mate/Supervisor with DDA and I am
a Class III employee.
2. I was born on 11-6-1956 at village Dhorera, Distt.
Badaun, U.P. in a lower middle class family. I am third
among 05 children of my parents. My parents expired in
my childhood. I got my middle education from Village
Bondri, a nearby village and Matric from Soron, Kashi
Nagla, Distt. Etah year 1977. I joined Govind Vallabh
Pant Degree College Kachhala, Distt. Badaun (U.P.) for
graduation. However, I left study in 1978 after my
marriage.
3. I got married to Kanti Devi on 30.04.1977.
4. After marriage, I started living with my in-laws at
Nagariya Chini Mill, Neoly Kasba, Distt. Etah U.P. I tried
my hand in various jobs, but nothing could materialize.
5. I came to Delhi in the month of December 1979 and
settled in Khanpur, Mehrauli in a rented premises.
6. I joined DDA as NTS (temporary) in January 1980 and
became permanent employee on 06.01.1983. Income &
assets/liabilities
7. I have one bigha of ancestral agricultural land at
Village Dhorera, Distt. Badaun, U.P. and I have been
receiving my share of income from it since my marriage,
which was approximately Rs.1000/- per year at that time.
8. The Govt. gave me four bighas of agricultural land at
Village Tolakpur, Distt. Eta, U.P. for free in 1976, as I
was a landless farmer at that time. I started cultivating
this land immediately thereafter and started earning
approximately Rs. 4000/- per annum from this land.
9. My wife Smt. Kanti Devi is a very enterprising lady
and though I was a jobless youth at the time of marriage,
she started stitching ladies suits etc. for livelihood and she
managed to earn a sum of Rs. 500-600 per month from
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stitching, She continued this job after earning to Delhi
also upto the year 1988.
10. After living in rented premises for more than 03 years,
me and my wife purchased two adjacent plots of 25 Yds.,
each bearing No.P-2/382, Sultanpuri, Delhi (by me) and
P-2/381 (by my wife) for Rs. 11,000/- each. 1 sold two
buffaloes, which were my share in the ancestral property,
on 26.02.1983 for Rs.11,000/- and used this amount in
buying the said plot No.P-2/382 on 11.03.1983. My wife
bought the plot No.P-2/381 out of her own earnings and
savings from stitching job.
11. The above said plot No.P-2/381 and P-2/382 had a
built-up structure on ground floor and it was ready for
inhibiting. We started living in the plots immediately after
buying the same. However, later on we constructed first
floor also, using T iron and stones, without any pucca
flooring, internal/external plastering and concrete roofing.
Construction took place in the year 1983 at an estimated
cost of Rs. 15,000/-, which was available out of my and
my wife's savings.
12. With the addition of first floor to the house, we were
able to start a small shop in our home from the year 1983-
84. My wife used to sell general kirana items in the shop.
She also started vending Mother Dairy milk with the help
of a partner. She was able to manage a monthly income of
Rs. 500-600 from this shop.
13. My wife discontinued vending of Mother Diary milk
in June 1984 and started selling milk procured from
farmers. This improved our income marginally. Milk
business was run in the name & style of Hemant Diary.
14. From the year 1984-85, I gave the first floor of our
house on rent and earned about Rs. 300/- per month from
each plot.
15. My wife bought a plot admeasuring 220 sq. yds. At
RZ-T-14, Dayal Park, West Sagarpur, Delhi for Rs.
40,000/- on 17.02.1988. The plot had three rooms
constructed upon it. She had saved sufficient money
during all these years for buying this plot.
16. She gave this plot to Reeta Public School Education
Society, a registered non-profit society, for establishing
and running of a school on a monthly rental of Rs.500/-
p.m. w.e.f. may 1988.
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17. Later on, the society built a school building on the
plot with her permission and the rent from the society also
increased from time to time.
18. I bought four bighas of agricultural land on 2.05.1989
at Village Dhorera, Distt. Badaun, U.P. for a
consideration of Rs. 13,000/- 1 had saved this money over
the years. This land also started contributing
approximately Rs. 4000/- per year to my income.
19. My wife discontinued the shop in 1994 due to illness.
20. Me and my wife took personal loans of Rs. 28,000/-
each from Jwala Co-op Society in May 1994 repayable in
monthly installments of Rs. 800/-each.
21. My wife bought another plot admeasuring 213 sq.
yds. At RZ-T-15, Dayal Park, West Sagarpur, Delhi for
Rs. 80,000/-on 02.08.1996. She had saved sufficient
money during all these years for buying this plot and she
also used part amount of personal loans taken by her and
myself in June 1994 for purchasing this plot.
22. This plot was adjacent to the existing plot No.T-14
and she gave this plot also to Reeta Public School
Education Society, on a monthly rental of Rs. 3500/-p.m.
w.e.f. October 1996.
23. The society built building on this plot also with her
permission and the rent from the society also increased
from time to time.
24. In November 1997 my wife bought a Maruti Car (DL-
6CD-5526) for Rs. 2,20,000/- out of which a sum of
Rs.1,20,000/- was financed by M/s Bansal Credits,
Daryaganj and own contribution was Rs. 1,00,000/-
which she arranged from her savings from her own and
my income.
25. My wife bought flat No.156, Pocket 7, Sector 21,
Rohini, New Delhi on 24/3/1999 for a sum of Rs.
3,70,000/-. She arranged a sum of Rs. 70,000/- from her
savings out of family income and took loan of Rs.
3,00,000/- from various friends/relatives to part finance
this flat.
Details of the above loan of Rs. 3,00,000/- are as under:
Sl.
No.
Name
Address Amount
(Rs)
1. Sh. Indervir Singh RZ-10/234, P Block, 15000
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Dayal Park, West
Sagarpur, Delhi
2. Sh. Sardar Singh G-2/107-108, Sultan
Puri, Delhi
15000
3. Sh. Amarpal RZ-10/234, P Block,
Dayal Park, West
Sagarpur, Delhi
10000
4. Sh. Charan Singh WZ-355, Naraina
Village, Delhi
10000
5. Sh. Jag Mohan G-135, Nehru Camp,
Kirti Nagar, Delhi
10000
6. Sh. Naresh Chand D-229, Prem Nagar-
III, Gali No. 06,
Nangloi, Delhi
12000
7. Sh. Devi Ram D-11, Krishan
Village, New Delhi
5000
8. Sh. Daram Pal WZ-150, Village
Palam, Delhi
18000
9. Sh. Ramphal WZ-150, Village
Palam, Delhi
18500
10. Sh. Ram Chander WZ-150, Village
Palam, Delhi
17500
11. Sh. Rohtas
RZ-H-17, West
Sagarpur, Delhi
15000
12. Sh. Vijay Chauhan RZ-E-3, Gandhi
Market, Sagarpur,
Delhi
18000
13. Sh. Sanjay Bakshi RZ-D-22A, Dabri
Extn. Delhi
15000
14. Sh. Navin Dutt JG-1/122, Vikas Puri,
New Delhi
18000
15. Sh. Rattan Lal D-1, Aman Vihar,
Delhi
18500
16. Sh. Ram Kumar C-6/130, Sultan Puri,
Delhi
12000
17. Sh. Kishan Kant
Serawat
Village Nilwal, New
Delhi-49
17500
18. Sh. Amar Singh
Thakral
DDA Staff Qtrs.
Ganga Ram Hospital,
Delhi
18500
19. Sh. Jagdish Adhti Village Ujhani, Distt.
Badaun, UP
18000
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20. Sh. Prem Singh Village Rahaula,
Nangloi, Delhi
18500
TOTAL 3,00,000-
26. She had to sell off this flat on 18/9/2000 due to
excessive pressure from the lenders. The flat was sold for a
consideration of Rs. 3,80,000/- and the entire loan amount
of Rs. 3,00,000/- was repaid immediately.
27. I took a personal loan of Rs. 1,00,000/- on 8/9/2000
from Jwala Co-op. Society repayable in monthly
installments of Rs. 2500/-.
28. I purchased a Santro Car (No. DL9CM 5567) for
Rs.3,65,000/- in November 2000. I arranged of Rs.
2,00,000/- of finance from Citibank and a sum of Rs
1,20,000/- was arranged on exchange of my wife's Maruti
Car (DL-6CD-5526). I paid Rs.45,000/- out of the above
personal loan. This car was snatched away by one Sanjeev
Chopra and Jai Bhagwan & his associates on 18/5/2001.
29. I took a personal loan of Rs. 60,000/- from M/s Add
Enterprises in December 2000 repayable in monthly
installments of Rs.4,200/-.
30. My wife purchased a Maruti Car (DL 9CE 0276) on
1/9/2001 for Rs. 2,32,000/-. A sum of Rs. 1,50,000/- was
financed by ICICI Bank and the remaining amount of Rs.
82,000/- was arranged from her own rental income and
savings.
31. My son Hemant bought a Bajaj Pulsar motorcycle (No.
DL4S-AF-4115) on 28/6/2002 for sum of Rs.51,000/- out
of which a sum of Rs. 21,000/-was financed by Bajaj
Finance Ltd. and the remaining amount of Rs. 30,000/-
was his own contribution out of savings and earnings.
32. My wife took a personal loan of Rs. 70,000/- in
November 2002 from Jwala Co-op. Society repayable in
monthly installment of Rs. 2000/-.
33. Me and my wife are Income Tax assessee. Children
and their education
34. I have four children- Daughter Reeta born on
22/10/1980, son Hemant born on 17/8/1982, son Harish
born on 26/5/1985 and son Dinesh born on 23/8/1986.
35. Reeta was admitted in T. N. Public School, Krishan
Vihar, Delhi in the year 1986 in class 1 and passed 5th
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class in 1991 from this school. Later she was admitted to
Sarvodaya Vidyalaya, Pitampura and passed 12th in 1999.
She started taking tuitions from the year 1997-98 itself and
later joined the Reeta Public School in April 1999 as
receptionist.
36. Hemant was admitted in T. N. Public School, Krishan
Vihar, Delhi in the year 1986 in KG and passed 5th class
in 1992 from this school. Later he was admitted to
Sarvodaya Vidyalaya, Pitampura and passed 11th in 1998.
Then he did 12th from Meri International Public School,
Rohini in the year 1999. Later he took admission in
Satyawati College for graduation and has appeared in third
year examination in 2003. While pursuing his college
education, he has started part time job work of electrical
goods and tuitions etc.
37. Harish was admitted in T. N. Public School, Krishan
Vihar, Delhi in the year 1991 in 1 and passed 5th class in
1996 from this school. Later he was admitted to Sarvodaya
Vidyalaya, Pitampura and passed 8th in 1999. Then he
studied at Crescent Public School, Pitampura from 9th to
12th standard till March 2003.
38. Dinesh was admitted in T. N. Public School, Krishan
Vihar, Delhi in the year 1991 in KG and passed 4th class
in 1996 from this school. Later he was admitted to
Sarvodaya Vidyalaya, Pitampura and passed 8th in 2000,
Then he studied at Crescent Public School, Pitampura
from 9 and presently studying in 12th standard.”
8. Accused Lala Ram Verma further submitted that the complaint
was filed against him by Sh. Roshan Lal to counter them because his wife had
filed a criminal case FIR No. 1145/2001, P.S. Sultanpuri, Delhi, against his real
brother Jai Bhagwan, his associates Sanjeev Chopra and others. He had
expalined that during the month of April 2001, Jai Bhagwan S/o Chhotu Ram
R/o 303, Pocket 9, Sector 21, Rohini, Delhi approached his wife for admission
of his daughter in some nearby school. After due formalities, the said girl was
admitted in Meri International School, Rohini. On the pretext of thanking their
family but with ulterior motive, the said Jai Bhagwan developed intimacy with
their family. Their family was invited at his house warming ceremony on
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6.5.2001. On that day, they were introduced by Jai Bhagwan to one of his
accomplices, Sanjeev Chopra S/o Jagannath Chopra R/o 2187/11, Guru Arjun
Nagar, Patel Nagar, Delhi as the owner of three star Hotel named Prince Hotel
in Nepal. Sanjeev Chopra and Jai Bhagwan tried to persuade his wife to make
investment in his hotel business and in return they promised to give her share
in the hotel. She refused the offer as they did not have any money to invest.
Sanjeev Chopra in turn offered his wife to transfer the title (power of attorney)
of their residence at P-2/381-382, Sultanpuri, Delhi and RZ-T-15, Sagarpur,
Delhi with the condition to retain the physical possession thereof till they do
not really intend to make investment in his so called hotel business in Nepal.
9. On 15.05.2001, his wife and he executed the power of attorney of
the said property in favour of Sanjeev Chopra and it was decided that he
alongwith said Sanjeev Chopra and his brother Prince Chopra would go to
Nepal and see the said Prince Hotel themselves. On 18.05.2001, they went to
Nepal in his Santro Car and on reaching Kathmandu in late hours of 20.5.2001,
they stayed at Kamal Hotel, Kathmandu, instead of Hotel Prince. On his
insistence to stay at Prince Hotel, he was told that it was too late to go to that
hotel and they would proceed there next morning.
10. In the morning of 21.5.2001, before he could get up, Sanjeev
Chopra drove away his car and disappeared till the night of 26.5.2001. He told
him that his mother was sick and he was unable to show him the hotel
presently. Then they left for Delhi. They left Kamal Hotel, Kathmandu on
27.5.2001 for Delhi, and stayed at Hotel Gangotri, Narain Ghat, Nepal, which
they left in the morning of 28.5.2001. Within half an hour of driving, they
reached Hotel Himalaya, Bhairva situated near Indo-Nepal border where
Sanjeev Chopra told him that he has a friend living nearby and he was going to
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see him and promised to come back in half an hour. Sanjeev did not turn up the
whole day and returned in the evening of the next day only.
11. In the morning of 30.5.2001, he was told that they would now
proceed for Delhi but instead of proceeding for Delhi, he was again lodged in a
nearby hotel called Hotel Moonlight on the pretext that they would leave only
in the evening. During the daytime, one foreigner who could speak fluent
English, Hindi and Nepali had some conversation with Sanjeev Chopra which
he could not understand and in the meantime, Prince Chopra, younger brother
of Sanjeev Chopra, left the hotel.
12. At around 5 P.M. Sanjeev, on the pretext of seeing-off the said
foreigner, also left the hotel and never returned back. In between, some officers
from Nepal Police came to the room and told him that they wanted to search
the room. They searched the bed of Prince Chopra first, but nothing
objectionable was found. Next they searched his belongings, nothing
discriminatory was found in his possession as well. While searching the
belongings of Sanjeev Chopra, a black polythene bag was found which
contained some powder like substance. He was taken to Police Station, Bhairva
and he was told that they would release him only after Lab report of the said
powder like substance is received and Sanjeev and Prince are found.
13. Meanwhile, Sanjeev Chopra reached Delhi and informed his wife
that Lala Ram was involved in a Police case in Nepal and he had been detained
at Saloni near Indo-Nepal border. He asked his wife to pay Rs.45 Lacs for
arranging his release, otherwise he would be shot by Nepal police. As his wife
did not have the money, they took possession of their residence at P-2/381-382,
Sultanpuri on 8/6/2001 and fraudulently got power of Attorney of RZ-T-14,
Dayal Park, West Sagarpur, Delhi and never returned. After that the samples
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were got tested by Nepal police after a gap of nearby 2-1/2 months and it was
found that it contained nothing objectionable but chalk mitti only.
14. As Sanjeev Chopra did not return back, his wife alongwith some
of relatives reached Indo Nepal border on around 22.08.2001 and co-
incidentally, after being satisfied of his non-involvement in any crime, the
Nepal police released him on that day itself.
15. After their return to Delhi, he lodged an FIR against Jai Bhagwan,
Sanjeev Chopra, Prince Chopra, Rajiv Chopra and Vinod Sharma. Presently,
Jai Bhagwan and Rajeev Chopra are in Judicial Custody (JC) since 10.10.2001
and 17.02.2002 respectively and all others are Proclaimed offenders (PO). It is
also stated that the said gang has committed various criminal offences of same
type in the past as well and their actions and deeds were published in various
newspapers on 17.02.2002 and various magazines also.
16. Accused Lala Ram Verma also stated that the complaint filed
against him by Roshan Lal is completely false and baseless. He and his family
have no assets or income earned from unknown sources or corrupt means. The
complaint has been filed with the single motive of creating obstacles in the path
of legal proceedings initiated by him against his brother and associates.
17. During investigation, details of movable and immovable assets of
accused Lala Ram Verma and his family members were collected.
Details of movable/immovable assets/properties in the name of Lala Ram
Verma:
Sl. No. Property description Date of
purchase
Purchased amount Present
status
1. One bigah agricultural land at
village Dhorera, Distt. Badaun, UP
Ancestral NA Self
occupied
2. Four bigah agricultural land at
village Tolak Pur, Distt. Etah, UP
1976 (Free) Allotted free
by govt. for land less
Self
occupied
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farmer
3. Four bigah agricultural land at
village Dhorera, Distt. Badaun, UP
02.05.1989 Rs. 13,000/- Self
Occupied
4. Residential House at P-2/382,
Sultan Puri, Delhi
11.03.1983 Rs. 11,000/- Sold out
in 2001
Movable assets
Sl. No. Property description Date of
purchase
Amount Present Status
1. Santro Car No. DL 9CM 5567 16.11.2000 Rs. 3,65,000/- Fraudulently
taken by one
Sanjeev Chopra
on 30.05.2001
(FIR registered)
Details of movable and immovable assets of Smt. Kanta Devi Verma w/o Lala
Ram Verma
Sl. No. Property Description Date of
purchase
Purchased amount Present Status
1. Residential house at P-2/381,
Sultan Puri, Delhi
11.03.1983 Rs. 11,000/- Sold out in
2001
2. Plot No. RZ/T-14, Dayal Park,
Delhi
12.02.1988 Rs. 40,000/- Self occupied
3. Plot No. RZ/T-15, Dayal Park,
Delhi
02.08.1996 Rs. 80,000/- Self occupied
4. Flat no. 156, Pocket-7, Sector-
21, Rohini, Delhi
24.03.1999 Rs. 3,70,000/- Sold out on
18.09.2000 for
Rs. 3.80 lacs
Movable Assets
Sl. No. Property Description Date of
purchase
Amount Present status
1. Maruti-800 Car No. DL 06 CD
5526
Nov 1997 Rs. 2,20,000/- Exchanged for
Santro Car for
Rs. 1,20 lacs on
Nov 2000
2. Maruti-800 Car No. DL 09 CE
0276
01.09.2001 Rs. 2,32,000/- Self occupied
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Details of movable and immovable assets of Sh. Hemant Verma s/o Lala Ram
Verma:
Sl. No. Property Description Date of purchase Amount Present
status
1. Bajaj Pulsar motorcycle DL 4S AF
4115
28.06.2002 Rs. 51,000/-
Rs. 21,000/-
financed by Bajaj
finance Ltd.
Own contribution
Rs. 30,000/-
Self
occupied
18. Accused Lala Ram Verma joined DDA in 1980 as NTS on
temporary base. On 06.01.1983, he joined as work charge Regular Mate. On
14.05.2003, case was registered hence, for the investigation, the check period is
taken from 1980 to 2003.
19. During investigation, valuation of alleged properties was
conducted by the appointed Valuer which are as under:
Sl. No. Property Description Cost of property
according to alleged
Cost of property
according to valuer
1. Flat no. 156, Pocket-7, Sector-
21, Rohini, Delhi
Rs. 3,70,000/- Rs. 7,00,000/-
2. Plot No. RZ/T-14, Dayal Park,
West Sagarpur, Delhi
Rs. 40,000/- Rs. 74,550/-
3. Plot No. RZ/T-15, Dayal Park,
West Sagarpur, Delhi
Rs. 80,000/- Rs. 1,54,000/-
4. Plot No. P-2/381, Sultan Puri,
Delhi
Rs. 11,000/- Rs. 14,000/-
5. Plot No. P-2/382, Sultan Puri,
Delhi
Rs. 11,000/- Rs. 14,000/-
20. As per the details provided, the salary of Lala Ram Verma who
joined DDA in 1980 as NTS on temporary base on 06.01.1983 is as follows:
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Sl. No. Year Salary Agricultural income Rental income from P-
2/382 Sultan Puri
1. 1980-81 Not available 6000 NA
2. 1981-82 Not available 6000 NA
3. 1982-83 Not available 6000 NA
4. 1983-84 8109 6000 NA
5. 1984-85 10789 6000 3600
6. 1985-86 11308 6000 3600
7. 1986-87 14487 6000 3600
8. 1987-88 16408 6000 3600
9. 1988-89 15059 6000 3600
10. 1989-90 18371 11000 3600
11. 1990-91 20668 11000 4200
12. 1991-92 22196 11000 4200
13. 1992-93 26334 13500 6000
14. 1993-94 22203 13500 6000
15. 1994-95 27356 13500 6000
16. 1995-96 32815 15750 9000
17. 1996-97 34319 15750 9000
18. 1997-98 39467 15750 -
19. 1998-99 68567 18000 30000
20. 1999-00 92061 18000 -
21. 2000-01 77546 18000 16000
22. 2001-02 83816 18000 24000
23. 2002-03 87694 18000 -
7,29,573/- 2,63,750/- 1,35,000
Total: 6000+6000+6000+729573=Rs. 7,47,573/-
Salary+Agricultre income+Rental income
=Rs. 7,47,573+2,63,750+1,35,000
=Rs. 11,46,323/-
Income/credits/receipts of Kanti Devi Verma w/o Lala Ram Verma
Sl.
No.
Year Stitching
Tailoring
General store/
dairy/ PCO
Rent from P-
2/381, Sultan
Puri
Rent from
Rita Public
School
Total
1. 1980-81 9000 9000
2. 1981-82 9500 9500
3. 1982-83 9600 9600
4. 1983-84 9000 5500 14500
5. 1984-85 8000 6000 900 14900
6. 1985-86 7000 7000 3600 17600
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7. 1986-87 5000 9000 3600 17600
8. 1987-88 4200 10000 3600 17800
9. 1988-89 8000 3600 5500 17100
10. 1989-90 8000 3600 6000 17600
11. 1990-91 11000 4800 6000 21800
12. 1991-92 11000 4800 9000 24800
13. 1992-93 15500 6000 9000 30500
14. 1993-94 18000 6000 9000 33000
15. 1994-95 6000 42000 48000
16. 1995-96 15000 42000 57000
17. 1996-97 84000 84000
18. 1997-98 84000 84000
19. 1998-99 84000 84000
20. 1999-2000 84000 84000
21. 2000-01 102000 102000
22. 2001-02 116750 116750
23. 2002-03 120000 120000
Total: 10,34,300/-
Income/credits/receipts of Reeta Verma d/o Lala Ram Verma
Sl.
No.
Year Tuition Salary from Rita
Public School
Total
1. 1997-98 7000 7000
2. 1998-99 7000 7000
3. 1999-2000 12000 72000 84000
4. 2000-01 12000 72000 84000
5. 2001-02 13000 72000 85000
6. 2002-03 15000 72000 87000
Total: 3,50,000/-
Income/credits/receipts of Hemant Verma s/o Lala Ram Verma
Sl.
No.
Year Tuition Salary from Rita
Public School
Total
1. 1999-2000 15000 nil 15000
2. 2000-01 15000 nil 15000
3. 2001-02 nil 60350 60350
4. 2002-03 18000 nil 18000
Total: 1,08,350/-
Details of loans taken by accused Lala Ram Verma and his family members
during 1980-2003
Sl.
No.
Person Bank etc. Purpose Amount Date
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1. Lala Ram Verma Jwala Co-op
Society
Personal use 28,000 May-1994
2. do Jwala Co-op
Society
Personal use 1,00,000 Sept-2000
3. do Citi Bank Purchase of
Santro car
2,00,000 Nov-2000
4. do Add Enterprises Personal use 60,000 Dec-2000
5. Kanti Devi Jwala Co-op
Society
Personal use 28,000 May-1994
6. do Bansal Credit
Daryaganj
Purchase of
Maruti Car
1,20,000 Nov-1997
7. do ICICI Bank Purchase of
Maruti Car
1,50,000 Sept-2021
8. do Jwala Co-op
Society
Personal use 70,000 Nov-2002
9. Hemant Verma Bajaj Finance Purchase of
pulsar
motorcycle
21,000 Nov-2002
Total: 7,77,000/-
21. Private loans taken by Smt. Kanti Devi Verma W/o Lala Ram
Verma from friends/relatives for purchase of flat no. 156, Pocket-7, Sector-21,
Rohini, Delhi on 24.03.99 (for a sum of Rs. 3,70,000/- Rs. 70,000/- from
personal saving and Rs. 3 lacs from following persons).
Sl. No. Name Address Amount(Rs)
1. Sh. Indervir Singh RZ-10/234, P Block, Dayal Park, West
Sagarpur, Delhi
15000
2. Sh. Sardar Singh G-2/107-108, Sultan Puri, Delhi 15000
3. Sh. Amarpal RZ-10/234, P Block, Dayal Park, West
Sagarpur, Delhi
10000
4. Sh. Charan Singh WZ-355, Naraina Village, Delhi 10000
5. Sh. Jag Mohan G-135, Nehru Camp, Kirti Nagar, Delhi 10000
6. Sh. Naresh Chand D-229, Prem Nagar- III, Gali No. 06,
Nangloi, Delhi
12000
7. Sh. Devi Ram D-11, Krishan Village, New Delhi 5000
8. Sh. Daram Pal WZ-150, Village Palam, Delhi 18000
9. Sh. Ramphal WZ-150, Village Palam, Delhi 18500
10. Sh. Ram Chander WZ-150, Village Palam, Delhi 17500
11. Sh. Rohtas RZ-H-17, West Sagarpur, Delhi 15000
12. Sh. Vijay Chauhan RZ-E-3, Gandhi Market, Sagarpur, Delhi18000
13. Sh. Sanjay Bakshi RZ-D-22A, Dabri Extn. Delhi 15000
14. Sh. Navin Dutt JG-1/122, Vikas Puri, New Delhi 18000
15. Sh. Rattan Lal D-1, Aman Vihar, Delhi 18500
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16. Sh. Ram Kumar C-6/130, Sultan Puri, Delhi 12000
17. Sh. Kishan Kant Serawat Village Nilwal, New Delhi-49 17500
18. Sh. Amar Singh Thakral DDA Staff Qtrs. Ganga Ram Hospital,
Delhi
18500
19. Sh. Jagdish Adhti Village Ujhani, Distt. Badaun, UP 18000
20. Sh. Prem Singh Village Rahaula, Nangloi, Delhi 18500
TOTAL 3,00,000/-
22. Flat no. 156, Pocket-7, Sector-21, Rohini, Delhi was purchased on
24.03.99 for a sum of Rs. 3,70,000/- and sold on 18.09.2000 for Rs. 3.80 lakhs.
23. During investigation, details of bank a/c no. 88317, Bank of
Rajasthan, in the name of Lala Ram Verma has been obtained and on scrutiny it
has been found that there was Rs. 1343/- balance on 25.10.2002 (date of
complaint) and Rs. 1373/- balance on 14.05.2003 (date on which FIR
registered).
24. Further, details of bank a/c no. 21518, State Bank of India, in the
name of smt. Kanti Devi w/o Lala Ram Verma has been obtained and on
scrutiny it has been found that there was Rs. 1911/- balance on 25.10.2002
(date of complaint) and Rs. 1973/- balance on 14.05.2003 (date of FIR
registered).
25. The electricity bills were collected but complete record/bills are
not available and so on the basis of available bills/records, average amount is
taken into calculation year on year basis:
Year Amount (Rs) Remarks
1984 66 New connection 05.07.1984
Bill of Rs. 22/- for 02 months
1985 132 As above
1986 132
1987 132
1988 132
1989 132
1990 198 03 bills available of Rs. 22/-, 40/- and 33/-
1991 900 02 bills available of Rs. 125/- and 167/- Rate taken Rs.
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150/- for 02 months
1992 900 01 bill of Rs. 79/- but rate taken Rs. 150 for 02 months
1993 2838 No payment for 02 years, amount adjusted Rs. 2838/- on
18.10.94	1994 2838
1995 900 1 bill of Rs. 112/- Rate taken Rs. 150 for 02 months
1996 900 03 bills available of Rs. 63/-, 116/- and 117/-
1997 900 01 bill of Rs. 159/-
1998 1080 02 bills of Rs. 180/-
1999 1080 02 bills of Rs. 180/-
2000 1080 No bill available
2001 1720 Amount paid as per DVB ledger
2002 1809.60
2003 1840
TOTAL 16,869
26. During investigation water bills were collected. But complete
record/bills are not available so on the basis of available bills/records, average
amount taken into calculation year on year basis.
Year Amount Remarks
1983-88 Rs. 360 Rs. 05/month
1989-95 Rs. 630 Rs. 7.50/month in bill Dec-1989 & Aug 1995
1996-03 Rs. 960 Rs. 10/month in Bill Sept 1995
TOTAL Rs. 1950/-
27. On perusal of telephone bills it is found that telephone was
installed as PCO and complete details regarding income/expense not available,
hence not taken in income/expense category.
Details of repayment of loans by accused Lala Ram Verma and his family
members during 1980-2003
Year 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 Total
(Rs)
Jwala
Co-op
Society(
Rs
28,000)
7200 9600 9600 9600 9600 2400 00 00 00 48000
Jwala
Co-op
7200 9600 9600 9600 9600 2400 00 00 00 48000
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Society(
Rs
28,000)
Bansal
Credits
(Rs. 1.2
lacs)
00 00 00 23500 56400 56400 32900 00 00 169200
Jwala
Co-op
Society(
Rs 01
lac)
00 00 00 00 00 00 17500 30000 56000 103500
Citi
Bank
(Rs. 02
lacs)
00 00 00 00 00 00 27500 11000 00 38500
Add
enterpris
es (Rs
60,000)
00 00 00 00 00 16800 50400 16800 00 84000
ICICI
Bank
(Rs. 1.5
lacs)
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 21030 42060 63090
Bajaj
finance
(Rs.21,0
00)
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10070 10070
Jwala
Co-op
Society(
Rs
70,000)
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10000 10000
Total : 5,74,360/-
School/college expenditure of accused Lala Ram Verma’s 4 children
Sl. No. Year Reeta (DOB
22.10.80)
Hemant (DOB
17.08.82)
Harish (DOB
26.05.85)
Dinesh (DOB
23.08.86)
Total
1. 1986-87 600 600 -- - 1200
2. 1987-88 660 660 - - 1320
3. 1988-89 770 720 - - 1490
4. 1989-90 830 830 - - 1660
5. 1990-91 890 890 - - 1780
6. 1991-92 536 950 820 820 3126
7. 1992-93 GAP 536 880 880 2296
8. 1993-94 536 536 940 940 2952
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9. 1994-95 536 536 1100 1100 3272
10. 1995-96 636 636 1160 1160 3592
11. 1996-97 636 636 536 536 2344
12. 1997-98 1036 1036 536 536 3144
13. 1998-99 1036 5100 536 636 7308
14. 1999-00 - GAP 8200 636 8836
15. 2000-01 - 3000 9400 9900 22300
16. 2001-02 - 2900 11100 11200 25200
17. 2002-03 - 3000 12600 12600 28200
1,20,020/-
Final DA Calculation
28. One bigah agricultural land at village Dhorera, Distt. Badaun (UP)
was ancestral agricultural land and four bigah agricultural and Village Tolak
Pur, Distt. Etah (UP) was purchased in 1976 prior to joining Govt. job, hence
not considered in calculating DA. (21)
A, B, C & D Statement
29. Final DA calculation of alleged Lala Ram Verma and his family as
revealed during investigation, after allowing all reasonable benefits to the
alleged and his family members is as under :-
Statement A
Sl. No. Description Amount
1. In this regard it is stated that nothing has
come on record regarding any bank balance
and property (movable & immovable) of the
pre-check period sold during the check
period.
Nil
Statement B
Sl. No. Description Amount (Rs)
1. Cash recovered during house search 4,000/-
2. Bank balance of Lala Ram Verma on
14.05.2003
1,373/-
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3. Bank balance of Kanta Devi Verma w/o
Lala Ram Verma on 14.05.2003
1,973/-
4. Cost of 4 bigah agricultural land at village
Dhorera, Distt. Badaun (UP) vide sale deed
dt. 02.05.1989 purchased by Lala Ram
Verma
13,500/-
5. Cost of residential property No. P-2/382,
Sultan Puri, Delhi purchased by Lala Ram
Verma on dt. 11.03.1983
14,000/-
6. Cost of residential property No. P-2/381,
Sultan Puri, Delhi purchased by Kanta Devi
Verma w/o Lala Ram Verma on dt.
11.03.1983
14,000/-
7. Cost of residential property No. 156, Pocket
-07, Sector 21, Rohini, Delhi purchased by
Kanta Devi Verma w/o Lala Ram Verma on
dt. 11.03.1983
3,70,000/-
8. Cost of residential property no. RZ-14,
Dayal Park, West Sagarpur,Delhi purchased
by Kanta Devi Verma w/o Lala Ram Verma
on dt. 12.02.1988
74,550/-
9. Cost of residential property no. RZ-15,
Dayal Park, West Sagarpur,Delhi purchased
by Kanta Devi Verma w/o Lala Ram Verma
on dt. 02.08.1996
1,54,000/-
10. Cost of Santro car No. DL 9CM 5567
purchased by Lala Ram Verma on dt.
16.11.2000
3,65,000/-
11. Cost of Maruti 800 Car No. DL 06 CD
5526 purchased by Kanti Devi Verma w/o
Lala Ram Verma on dt. Nov 1997
2,20,000/-
12. Cost of Maruti 800 Car No. DL 06 CE 0267
purchased by Kanti Devi Verma w/o Lala
Ram Verma on dt. 01.09.2001
2,32,000/-
13. Cost of motorcycle Bajaj Pulsar No. DL 4S
AF 4115 purchased by Hemant Verma s/o
Lala Ram Verma on dt. 28.06.2002
51,000/-
Total: 15,15,396/-
Statement C
Sl. No. Description Amount (Rs)
1. Income of Lala Ram Verma from salary,
rental and agriculture
11,46,323/-
2. Income of Kanti Devi w/o Lala Ram Verma
from general store/dairy/PCO, tailoring
10,34,300/-
3. Income of Reeta Verma d/o Lala Ram 3,50,000/-
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Verma from tuition and salary from Reeta
Public School
4. Income of Hemant Verma s/o Lala Ram
Verma from tuition and salary from Reeta
Public School
1,08,350/-
5. Personal loan taken by Lala Ram Verma
from Jwala co-op Society in May 1994
28,000/-
6. Personal loan taken by Lala Ram Verma
from Jwala co-op Society in Sept 2000
1,00,000/-
7. Loan taken by Lala Ram Verma for the
purchase of Santro car in Nov 2000 from
Citi bank
2,00,000/-
8. Personal loan taken by Lala Ram Verma
from Add enterprises in Dec 2000
1,00,000/-
9. Personal loan taken by Kanti Devi Verma
w/o Lala Ram Verma from Jwala co-op
Society in May 1994
28,000/-
10. Personal loan taken by Kanti Devi Verma
w/o Lala Ram Verma from Jwala co-op
Society in Nov 2002
70,000/-
11. Loan taken by Kanti Devi Verma w/o Lala
Ram Verma from Bansal Credit Darya Ganj
in Nov 1997 for purchase of Maruti 800 car
1,20,000/-
12. Loan taken by Kanti Devi Verma w/o Lala
Ram Verma from ICICI bank in Sept 2001
for purchase of Maruti 800 car
1,50,000/-
13. Loan taken by Hemant Verma s/o Lala Ram
Verma from Bajaj Finance in Nov 2002 for
purchase of Motorcycle
21,000/-
14. Sale of Maruti 800 car No. DL 06 CD 5526
by Kanti Devi Verma w/o Lala Ram Verma
on 16.11.2000
1,20,000/-
15. Sale of residential property No. 156, Pocket
-07, Sector 21, Rohini, Delhi by Kanta Devi
Verma w/o Lala Ram Verma on dt.
16.09.2000
3,80,000/-
16. Sale of residential property No. P-2/382,
Sultan Puri, Delhi by Lala Ram Verma on
dt. 02.06.2001
7,00,000/-
17. Sale of residential property No. P-2/381,
Sultan Puri, Delhi by Kanti Devi Verma w/o
Lala Ram Verma on dt. 02.06.2001
7,00,000/-
Total: 53,55,973/-
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Statement D
Sl. No. Description Amount (Rs)
1. Expenditure on electricity bills 16,869/-
2. Expenditure on water bills 1950/-
3. Expenditure on the education of children by
Lala Ram Verma
1,20,020/-
4. Expenditure on the construction of
residential property no. RZ-14, Dayal Park,
West Sagarpur,Delhi
9,68,348/-
5. Expenditure on the construction of
residential property no. RZ-15, Dayal Park,
West Sagarpur,Delhi
6,90,750/-
6. Repayment of personal loan taken by Lala
Ram Verma from Jwala co-op Society in
May 1994
48,000/-
7. Repayment of personal loan taken by Lala
Ram Verma from Jwala co-op Society in
Sept 2000
1,03,500/-
8. Repayment of loan taken by Lala Ram
Verma for the purchase of Santro car in Nov
2000 from Citi bank
38,500/-
9. Repayment of personal loan taken by Lala
Ram Verma from Add enterprises in Dec
2000
84,000/-
10. Repayment of personal loan taken by Kanti
Devi Verma w/o Lala Ram Verma from
Jwala co-op Society in May 1994
48,000/-
11. Repayment of personal loan taken by Kanti
Devi Verma w/o Lala Ram Verma from
Jwala co-op Society in Nov 2002
10,000/-
12. Repayment of loan taken by Kanti Devi
Verma w/o Lala Ram Verma from Bansal
Credit Darya Ganj in Nov 1997 for purchase
of Maruti 800 car
1,69,200/-
13. Repayment of loan taken by Kanti Devi
Verma w/o Lala Ram Verma from ICICI
bank in Sept 2001 for purchase of Maruti
800 car
63,090/-
14. Repayment of loan taken by Hemant Verma
s/o Lala Ram Verma from Bajaj Finance in
Nov 2002 for purchase of Maruti 800 car
10,700/-
15. Non verifiable expenditure (kitchen other
household things etc) 1/3 of salary of Lala
Ram Verma
2,49,191/-
Total: 26,22,118/-
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Total income Rs. 53,55,973/-
Amount of assets acquired Rs.15,15,396/-+ Rs.26,22,118/-
=Rs. 41,37,514/-
Calculation of DA (A+C)- (B+D)
Rs. 53,55,973-Rs.41,37,514)
Rs. 12,18,459/-
Final report:
30. Insp. Bhagwan Singh stated that from the investigation conducted,
income and expenditure details collected and their analysis, interrogation made
and other circumstances, sufficient evidence was not found to suggest that Sh.
Lala Ram Verma was in possession of pecuniary resources or property
disproportionate to his known sources of income thereby, attracting the offence
under the provision of 13(1) (e) of POC Act. Hence, a final report with the
request to close the investigation in the case was prepared.
Order for Re-investigation:
31. Vide order dated 31.01.2023, Ld. Predecessor of this court
directed re-investigation on following aspects:-
“
A. Income of wife of the proposed accused
from various avocations such as stitching, tailoring,
running general store, running dairy, running PCO
and rent from the properties needs further
verification.
B. Tuition income of the 02 children of the
proposed accused needs further verification.
C. 20 Persons have claimed to have given
loans to the proposed accused at different times. It
also needs further investigation.”
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Re-investigation:
32. IO filed the report that the investigation was conducted on all the
directed aspects.
A. Verification of income of Kanti Devi Verma
i. Verification of income from General Store, Dairy and PCO,
33. IO/Insp. Hari Chand visited Sultanpuri, Delhi for investigation on
this aspect i.e. income from General Store, Dairy and PCO. He visited 02 sites
i.e. P Block and C Block (Both Blocks are opposite to each other), and
questioned/interacted with 05 persons namely (1) Ram Kumar S/o Nanku Ram
R/o C-6/331 Sultanpuri, Delhi, (2) Shobha Ram S/o Late. Sh. Baldev R/o
P-2/442 Sultanpuri, Delhi, (3) Rohtash Kumar S/o Late Sh. Mangal Ram R/o
P-2/154 Sultanpuri, Delhi, (4) Lal Chand S/o Sh. Hargain Singh R/o P-2/113
Sultanpuri, Delhi and (5) Jai Singh S/o Babu Lal R/o C-3/424 Sultanpuri, Delhi
and took their statements. They all revealed on similar lines that Smt. Kanti
Devi Verma was running General Store and Milk Dairy at the above-mentioned
property, wherein one PCO was also being run by her till 1994. They also
stated that by that time there were very few shops in the locality, therefore,
Smt. Kanti Devi Verma had good income from her shop. In addition, the fact of
running PCO was also verified from the monthly bills of PCO Telephone
Number “5471888” issued by Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL).
Lala Ram Verma and his wife Kanti Devi Verma had already provided Bills
w.e.f 1992 to 1999, already enclosed in file. One statement of Sh. Bhagwan
Dass S/o Sh. Horam R/o P-II/409, Sultanpuri, Delhi was recorded during
enquiry 05.02.2003 whcih is also on the file. It also mentions similar facts. It
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quotes that some tenants had been residing on upper floors of house owned by
Sh. Lala Ram Verma.
34. Further during re-investigation, on 02.10.2023, HC Pankaj was
sent to Sultanpuri, Delhi for collecting more evidence on this issue. He joined
some locals in investigation. One Smt. Rajwati W/o Sh. Sarnan Singh R/o P-
2/424 Sultanpuri, Delhi narrated that she has been residing at this address since
1984-1985 and retired from MCD. She knew Smt. Kanti Devi Verma since
1984. At that time she had been residing at P-2/381,382 Sultanpuri, Delhi. At
that time, she was doing tailoring work from her house. During that time there
was no other tailor shop in vicinity, therefore, she was earning good. HC
Pankaj examined other locals also. The brief of their versions are as under:
1. Jai Bhagwan S/o Late. Sh. Laxman Das Verma R/o P-2/31-32
Sultanpuri, Delhi, R-10, phase 1, Budh Vihar, Bawana, Delhi 62 years old
furnished his written statement in which he stated that he had been a tenant of
Sh. Lala Ram Verma. Initially his rent was Rs. 300-350/- per month and it was
increased thereafter. He had always paid in cash only. Apart from him there
had been other tenants also.
2. Ram Gopal S/o Late Sh. Ram Swaroop R/o R-626 JJ Colony,
Raghubir Nagar, Delhi 53 years old furnished his written statement in which he
stated that he had been a tenant of Sh. Lala Ram Verma at first floor of P-2/381
Sultanpuri, Delhi during 1991-1996. His initial rent was Rs. 500/- per month
and it was increased thereafter.
3. Smt. Manju W/o Sh. Suresh Chand R/o 993 Transit Camp,
Raghubir Nagar, Tagore Garden, Delhi 53 years old furnished her written
statement (in the presence of her husband Sh. Suresh Chand) in which she
stated that she had also remained a tenant of Sh. Lala Ram Verma at P-2/382
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Sultanpuri, Delhi during 1994-2001. Her initial rent was Rs. 500/- per month
and it was increased thereafter.
ii. Verification of Rental Income of Kanti Devi Verma from Property
No. RZ/T-14&15, Dayal Park, West Sagarpur, Delhi
35. IO/Insp. Hari Chand took written statement of Sh. Radhey Shyam
Chaurasia S/o Late Sh. Kunji Lal Chaurasia R/o H. No. 103, Block Q, Vikas
Vihar, Uttam Nagar, Delhi wherein he had stated that he was the President of
Rita Public School Educational Society. The Society had taken the land on rent
from Smt. Kanti Devi Verma and Rent Agreement was also executed 04 times
w.e.f. 1998. He also furnished a letter dated 16.09.2006 mentioning details of
Annual Rent paid by the school to Smt. Kanti Devi Verma. Copies of Annual
Accounts of Rita Public School were also provided.
36. Thus, income earned from Stitching, General Store, Milk Dairy,
PCO Booth and from rent of properties has been verified by examining above
witnesses. Accordingly, the income/receipt of Smt. Kanti Devi Verma is re-
produced from the previous Final Report dated 21.03.2022 as under :-
Sr. No. Year Stitching General
Store/
Dairy/PCO
Rent from
P-2/381,
Sultanpuri
Rent from
RZ T-14 &
15, Dayal
Park, West
Sagarpur
Total
1. 1980-81 9000 9000
2. 1981-82 9500 9500
3. 1982-83 9600 9600
4. 1983-84 9000 5500 14500
5. 1984-85 8000 6000 900 14900
6. 1985-86 7000 7000 3600 17600
7. 1986-87 5000 9000 300 17600
8. 1987-88 4200 10000 3600 17800
9. 1988-89 8000 3600 5500 17100
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10 1989-90 8000 3600 6000 17600
11. 1990-91 11000 4800 6000 21800
12. 1991-92 11000 4800 9000 24800
13. 1992-93 15500 6000 9000 30500
14. 1993-94 18000 6000 9000 33000
15. 1994-95 6000 42000 48000
16. 1995-96 15000 42000 57000
17. 1996-97 84000 84000
18. 1997-98 84000 84000
19. 1998-99 84000 84000
20. 1999-2000 84000 84000
21. 2000-01 102000 102000
22. 2001-02 116750 116750
23. 2002-03 120000 120000
TOTAL 10,35,050/-
B. Verification of income from Tuitions of Ms. Reeta Verma D/o
Lala Ram Verma and Hemant Verma S/o Lala Ram Verma.
37. On 29.09.2023, Hemant Verma joined investigation. He was
questioned on the issue of income earned from Tuitions extended by himself
and his sister Ms. Reeta Verma. He stated that the most of the concerned
families had already left the locality. Further on 02.10.2023, HC Pankaj was
sent to the locality for making attempts on issue of tracing out concerned
persons who had possibly taken tuitions at that time. He met and examined
following persons:-
Indravir Singh S/o Raghuvir Singh R/o RZ/P-10/234, West
Sagarpur, Delhi stated that his daughter namely Kalpna (born on 01.07.1992)
was given tuitions by Ms. Reeta Verma and his son Divyanshu Pal (Born on
28.07.1995) was given tuitions by Hemant Verma during 1997 to 2003. Fee
was around Rs. 250-300/- per month per child.
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Smt. Mala W/o Radhe Shyam Gupta R/o RZ-40, Gali No.2, I
Block, West Sagarpur, Delhi stated that her daughter Jahanvi Gupta (Born on
26.08.1996) was given tuitions by Hemant Verma during 2002 to 2003. Fee
was around Rs. 300-350/- per month.
Smt. Shama Khatoon W/o Late. Sh. Arif Husain R/o 431/16
Khasra No. 430,431, Gali No.2-C, Kailash Puri Extn., Palam Colony, Delhi
stated that her children Ashraf Husain (Born on 11.07.1989) & Tabassum
(Born on 30.11.1992), were given tuitions by Ms. Reeta Verma during 1997 to
2003. Fee was around Rs. 250-300/- per month per child. Apart from her
children, other students from the neighborhood also got tuitions from Ms. Reeta
Verma.
38. Further a notice dated 05.07.2023 U/s 91 CrPC was issued to
Manager/Principal of Rita Public School to provide Salary Details of Ms. Reeta
Verma from the day of her joining in 2003-2004. Its response was received
vide letter dated 20.08.2023.
39. In view of the above facts, income of Ms. Reeta Verma was re-
assessed. As per the record, Ms. Reeta Verma was born on 22.10.1980 and she
became Major on 22.10.1998. Therefore her income has been considered w.e.f.
1999:-
Income/Credits/Receipts Reeta Verma D/o Lala Ram Verma
Sr. No. Year Salary Annual Tuition Annual Total
1. 1999-2000 72000 12000 84000
2. 2000-01 72000 12000 84000
3. 2001-02 72000 13350 85350
4. 2002-03 105000 15000 120000
TOTAL
Rs. 3,73,350/-
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40. Income of Hemant Verma has also been re-assessed. As per
record, Hemant Verma was born on 17.08.1982 and he became Major on
17.08.2000. Therefore, his income has been considered w.e.f. 2001 :-
Income/Credits/Receipts details of Hemant Verma S/o Lala Ram Verma (as per
ITR for 2001-02 and 2002-03) :-
Sr. No. Year Salary Annual Tuition Annual Total
1. 2001-02 60350 60350
2. 2002-03 Rs. 21,000/- Rs. 42,000/- 63000
Total
Rs. 1,23,350/-
C. Investigation on aspect of loan
41. Loan amounting to Rs. 3,00,000/- claimed to be given by 20
persons to Smt. Kanti Devi Verma. Statements of 13 persons were recorded by
the then IO during 2004 to 2008. Previous IO/Insp. Bhagwan Singh did not
calculate any of the loan amounts.
Outcome/Calculation of DA:-
i. After re-investigation based on verification of facts, net Income of
Lala Ram Verma from Salary, agriculture and rent has been calculated as
Rs.11,46,323/-.
ii. One correction is there in the income of the Smt. Kanti Devi
Verma i.e. her income during the Check Period (1980-2003) has been
calculated as Rs.10,35,050/-.
iii. Net income of Ms. Reeta Verma during 1999-2003 has been
calculated as -Rs. 3,73,35/-.
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iv. Net income of Hemant Vema during 2001-2003 has been
calculated as Rs.1,23,350/-.
v. The amount of loans taken by Lala Ram Verma & his family
members during Check Period (1980-2003) based on verification from banks,
co-operative society etc. has been calculated as Rs. 7,77,000/-.
vi. Amounts received from Sale of Properties by Lala Ram Verma
and his family members during the Check Period (1980-2003) are as under :-
1. Sale of Maruti-800 having registration
no. DL6CB5526 on 16.11.2000
Rs. 1,20,000/-
Rs. 19,00,000/-
2. Flat no. 156, Pocket 7, Sector 21,
Rohini, Delhi on 16.09.2000
Rs. 3,80,000/-
3. P-2/381, Sultanpuri, Delhi on
02.06.2001
Rs. 7,00,000/-
4. P-2/382, Sultanpuri, Delhi on
02.06.2001
Rs. 7,00,000/-
Net income and loans of Lala
Ram Verma & his family during
check period (1980-2003)
Rs.11,46,323/-
Rs. 10,35,050/-
Rs. 3,73,350/-
Rs. 01,23,350/-
Rs. 07,77,000/-
Rs. 34,55073/-
(+) The amount received from
sale of properties by Sh. Lala
Ram Verma and his family
during the check period (1980-
2003)
Rs. 19,00,000/-
Total Rs. 53,55,073/-
Cost of all assets of Lala Ram Verma and his family:
42. After going through the records no change is found in the Cost of
Assets and cash during the Check Period (1980-2003). After due consideration
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of ownership documents and Valuation Reports dated 24.12.2018, 26.09.2018
and 27.12.2018, the amount of Cost of Assets and Cash is Rs. 15,15,396/-
Cost of expenditure:
43. After going through the records, no change is found in the Cost of
Expenditure of Lala Ram Verma and his family. Accordingly, the Amount of
Expenditures spent on electricity, water, construction, repayments of loans and
household expenditures are taken from the previous Final Report only Total
cost of expenditure is Rs. 26,22,118/-.
Net amount of assets acquired and
expenditure during the check period (1980-
2002)
Rs,. 15,15,396/-
+ Rs. 26,22,118-/
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Rs. 41,37,514/-
Calculation of DA: Rs. 53,55,073 (-) Rs. 41,37,514/-
= Rs. 12,17,559/-
Final Report:
44. In view of the investigation conducted, the IO reported that the
total income of Lala Ram Verma and his family is in excess to the total
expenditure during the check period. Therefore, no case of DA against alleged
Lala Ram Verma was said to be made out and Supplementary Closure Report
was filed.
Analysis:
45. I have meticulously perused the final report (closure report) as
well as the supplementary closure report and the key documents annexed
thereto. The allegations against the accused were that he has amassed huge
wealth by illegal means and own disproportionate assets.
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46. The closure report provides a complete account of the income of
Sh. Lala Ram Verma, his wife, Smt. Kanti Verma as well as his children Reeta
Verma and Hemant Verma from the known sources as well as the expenditure
of his family and assets. As per the computation provided by the IO as well as
the documents, it is clear that the combined income of Sh. Lala Ram Verma,
his wife, Smt. Kanti Verma and his children Reeta Verma and Hemant Verma
is Rs. as well as the was Rs.26,78,073/- and their toal loan amount was
Rs.7,77,000/-. Further, they received Rs.19,00,000/- from the sale of their
properties. Thus, the total income of Lala Ram Verma and his family was
Rs.53,55,073/-.
47. Further, the total expenses of Lala Ram Verma and his family
inlcuding water bills, electricity bills and kitchen expenses is Rs. 26,22,118/-
and the total value of his assets and that of his family as well as cash is
Rs.15,15,396/-. Thus, the total of assets and expenses is Rs.41,37,514/- which
shows that the combined income of Sh. Lala Ram Verma, his wife and children
is Rs. 12,17,559/- (Rs. 53,55,073 - Rs. 41,37,514/-) in excess of the total of the
assets owned by them and expense incurred by them. From the investigation, it
appears that there is no reason to believe that Sh. Lala Ram Verma owned
assets worth more than his income from the known sources.
48. Most importantly, the complainant did not appear before this court
in the present proceedings. Summons sent to him were also received back with
the report that he could not be traced. The IO also stated that the complainant
could not be traced. His separate statement was recorded in this regard.
Therefore, considering the evidence collected by the IOs as well as taking into
account that the Complainant did not appear, this court is of the view that
sufficient material is not available against accused Lala Ram Verma to
prosecute him under section 13(1) (e) PC Act.
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Decision:
49. In view of the above, the Closure Report is hereby accepted. The
bail bonds and surety bonds, if any, stand discharged. Original documents, if
any, shall be returned to the surety after cancellation of endorsement, if any.
File be consigned to the Record Room after due compliance.
Announced in the open court today
on this 11th day of September, 2025.
(Dr. Ruchi Aggarwal Asrani)
Special Judge (PC Act)(ACB)-02
Rouse Avenue District Courts, New Delhi.
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