Bombay high court refused to grant relief from arrest to a builder. Umraosingh Ostwal constructed shops on the first floor in place of residential flats. Ostwal was apprehending arrest in a 2021 FIR registered at the Navghar police station under section of the IPC for cheating and forgery on a complaint lodged by the local ward officer of Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC), who received complaints from flat purchasers. On July 2, 2021, the high court directed that Ostwal shall not be arrested and continued the interim protection. According to the FIR, as per MBMC’s original sanctioned plan, floors one to seven of Ostwal Ornate Building No. 2 were residential. OstWal prepared a bogus and fabricated building plan showing the firstfloor for commercial use. He constructed 112 shops onThe first floor of the building. He forged signatures of MBMC officers and prepared fake stamps. Justice Shivkumar Dige noted the allegation that the fake plan, along with forged documents, was submitted to the registrar’s office during the sale of the shops. He submitted a fake sanction plan to the corporation and govt offices. Justice Dige said, \”In my view, though the construction has been regularised, the illegal act done by the applicant cannot be absolved, as he prepared a false sanction plan by putting fake signatures of the concerned authority\”
