The Madras High Court has refused to permit a victim of job racketing to take interim custody of his money recovered by the police. Shocked to find that the petitioner had paid ₹78 lakh for the purpose of obtaining a Class I (Group A) job in 2017, the court held that he must wait until the completion of trial.
Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy wrote: “The petitioner (K. Sadagopan) appears to be a very greedy person as he has paid ₹78 lakh for the purpose of getting a Class I job... It is to be understood by all concerned that public appointment is only by selection process and no job can be obtained by giving bribe.”
The judge pointed out the Central Crime Branch, attached to the Greater Chennai Police, had registered a case on the basis of a complaint lodged by the petitioner and recovered some amount of money from the accused besides freezing the latter’s bank accounts. The seized money was deposited in fixed deposits.
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