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The Bombay High Court connected Wednesday (December 10, 2025) flagged concerns astir the constabulary probe into a controversial ₹300-crore onshore transaction successful Pune, asking whether authorities were “protecting the lad of the Deputy Chief Minister and lone investigating others.”
A Single Bench judge, Justice Madhav Jamdar, made the observation while proceeding the anticipatory bail plea of businesswoman Sheetal Kisanchand Tejwani, who is named successful the FIR but claims she acted lone arsenic a powerfulness of lawyer holder. “Is the constabulary protecting the lad of the Deputy Chief Minister and lone investigating others?” the judge asked, referring to Parth Pawar, bulk spouse successful Amadea Enterprises LLP, which purchased 40 acres of onshore in Mundhwa.
Public Prosecutor Mankunwar Deshmukh responded that the investigating bureau would enactment “as per law.”
The land, categorised as Mahar watan property, cannot beryllium sold without anterior authorities approval. The FIR alleges that the steadfast was besides exempted from paying ₹21 crore successful stamp duty. A committee headed by the Joint Inspector General of Registration had indicted Parth’s relative Digvijay Patil, Tejwani, and sub-registrar Ravindra Taru, but Parth was not named arsenic his signature did not look connected immoderate document.
Ms. Tejwani was arrested connected December 3 by the Pune Police’s Economic Offences Wing (EOW) and remains in custody till December 11. A 2nd FIR at Bavdhan police presumption prompted her to question pre-arrest bail from the High Court aft a akin plea earlier the Sessions Court was pending.
When the Bench said it was not inclined to entertain the plea, Tejwani’s advocates Rajiv Chavan and Ajay Bhise withdrew the application.
Ms. Tejwani's petition argued that the allegations were “manifestly civil-revenue successful nature, bereft of transgression intent, and founded upon demonstrably incorrect assumptions regarding stamp work and title,” adding that custodial interrogation was “wholly unnecessary” and denial of bail would magnitude to “undue harassment and an unwarranted curtailment” of her cardinal close nether Article 21.
The Opposition has alleged that the existent worth of the onshore was acold higher than ₹300 crore. Amid governmental uproar, Deputy CM Ajit Pawar said the transaction had been cancelled, claiming his lad and spouse were unaware of the land’s status.
Later successful the day, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis successful an enactment with reporters, said, “From the precise beginning, the government’s basal is very clear to not protect anyone. Action volition beryllium taken against whomever is guilty.”
