Surat: Two women convicts in Lajpore jail accused of hypnotizing women to rob cash, jewellery and valuables were denied bail on Thursday.
While rejecting the two separate regular bail applications of accused Najma Ansari and Gohu Ansari, the district and sessions court observed that they committed the offence by exploiting the victims’ religious faith and fear of doctrines. Additional public prosecutor DV Dave strongly opposed the plea and said that there are chances that they would repeat the same crime after release on bail.
The accused initially demanded Rs 21 from the wife of the complainant on the name of performing a puja for Shitla Mata. Any ordinary religious woman would be ready to give that amount for welfare of her family, the court stated.
“Religious faith itself creates a sense of hypnotism to a great extent, and can be made to transfer even valuable properties as was done by the accused in this case. As is evident from the present complaint, any prediction of doom or threat of death of a family member is bound to create deep impact on the minds of everybody. Even well qualified and mature people sometimes come under influence in the name of religious faith,” the court noted.
The case was filed by Rajmani Rao, 33, a resident of Mansi Residency in Dindoli of Surat with Dindoli Police station on December, 20, 2017. The complainant stated that the duo reached in front of Rajmani Rao’s house where his wife was standing on December 12, 2017. At that time, Rao was out on duty.
These women asked his wife for Rs21 donation in order to perform Shitla Mata puja.