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SBI officer Bangmoy Chakravarti is accused of siphoning Rs 1.93 crore in an ATM cash fraud case in Narmada district. Following an FIR at Rajpipla Police Station, the Gujarat High Court rejected his bail plea on 19 August 2026. Chakravarti has been in custody since 28 November 2025.
Thirteen accused, including Nainar Nagenthran and Kesava Vinayagam, were charged in connection with alleged cash-for-votes scheme. A chargesheet was filed by CB-CID (Crime Branch-CID) before a metropolitan court in Chennai. The High Court stayed the framing of charges against the BJP leaders.
The Delhi High Court held that quashing of a predicate offence on the basis of compromise does not automatically extinguish PMLA proceedings. The Court clarified that a PMLA case can only be erased if the predicate offence is quashed on merits with a judicial finding that the offence never occurred, which would eliminate the foundation of the money laundering case.
Businessman Anwar Dhebar is facing allegations of involvement in a deep-rooted corruption network linked to a manpower commission scam in Chhattisgarh. Following the Chhattisgarh High Court's refusal of his bail plea on 16 May 2026, the Supreme Court granted him interim bail on 06 August 2026 with the condition that he must remain outside the state.
Bathini Shashikanth was arrested in Hyderabad for allegedly using forged documents to impersonate senior IAS, IPS, and NIA officers to deceive individuals for financial gain. On 4 August 2026, the High Court for the State of Telangana dismissed a writ petition filed by Bathini Padma regarding the case.
In the matter of Rutvij Bhagat Singh Wakhare v. State of Maharashtra, the Supreme Court ruled on 24 July 2026 that the transfer of defrauded funds to an accused's account does not automatically imply that multiple FIRs constitute a single transaction. This follows a judgment on 8 December 2025, where the Court set aside a High Court order that had quashed a separate fraud case based on a private compromise, emphasizing that economic offences affect society at large.
Puja Khedkar, a former trainee IAS officer, is facing legal proceedings regarding allegations of submitting fraudulent disability and caste certificates to clear the UPSC civil services examination. She is also accused of misrepresenting information to exceed the permissible number of attempts for the examination.
R. Venkatesh, co-founder of an online education app, is accused of defrauding the public of approximately ₹200 crore by misrepresenting the provision of online education services. The chargesheet alleges glaring acts of cheating. A Karnataka High Court single-judge bench dismissed his petition seeking quashing of the criminal proceedings.
A special PMLA court in Mumbai had ordered the Anti-Corruption Bureau to register an FIR against former SEBI Chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch, the BSE Chairman, and other officials regarding fraud allegations. Following an initial stay on the lower court's order, the Bombay High Court quashed the directive on 8 July 2026, citing the absence of a cognisable offence.
Pawan Kumar Ruia faces allegations of involvement in a 1,000-crore cyber fraud case utilizing shell companies and cryptocurrency. The Calcutta High Court denied his anticipatory bail plea on 28 April 2026 and subsequently declined to pass interim orders in his petition challenging the ongoing proceedings as reported on 18 June 2026.
Sumit Kumar is accused of impersonating an Army Major to defraud a woman and job seekers. The Punjab and Haryana High Court denied his bail petition on 09 March 2026 and issued a judgment regarding his petition on 04 May 2026.
The CBI filed a chargesheet against five entities in connection with a Rs 1.8 crore 'digital arrest' fraud case. The investigation was initiated following directions from the Kerala High Court.
The Supreme Court set aside a Madras High Court order that had granted bail to an accused in a matrimonial fraud case on the condition that he marry the complainant. The High Court had previously dismissed the accused's petition to quash criminal proceedings in the case, C.C. No. 1102 of 2023, and had directed authorities to consider regulations for matrimonial websites as reported on 28 August 2023.
Muzaffarpur resident Raj Narayan Thakur alleged that his son, Dilip Thakur, fraudulently declared him dead on official documents to facilitate the sale of ancestral land. As reported on 19 January 2026, the High Court recorded a settlement of the land dispute after observing that the raiyati lands were transferred via registered sale deeds, acknowledging the legal basis of the transfer claims.
Prakash Industries Limited (PIL) is accused of obtaining Chotia and Fatehpur coal block allocations through fraud and misrepresentation in applications. The case involves allegations of submitting false documents to the Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction, generating proceeds of crime through coal extraction and sale, and money laundering via share price manipulation and property acquisition. The Supreme Court cancelled the allocations in 2014. PIL remains accused (not convicted) across CBI/corruption cases and ED/PMLA enforcement proceedings, with ongoing trials and appellate litigation in the Delhi High Court and Supreme Court.
Actor Shilpa Shetty Kundra and businessman Raj Kundra have approached the Bombay High Court to quash an FIR involving a ₹60 crore cheating complaint, and have urged the court to direct police not to file a chargesheet.
In Criminal Appeal No. 238 of 2019, the Supreme Court quashed an FIR, chargesheet, and all consequential criminal proceedings involving allegations under IPC sections 406, 420, 109, and 34. The court observed that offences of criminal breach of trust and cheating cannot co-exist based on the same allegations. As of 9 August 2026, the case is closed.
Former Religare Enterprises Limited CMD Sunil Godhwani faces allegations of financial misappropriation and fraud involving Religare Finvest, with investigations conducted by both the Economic Offences Wing and the Enforcement Directorate. Following multiple arrests and denied bail pleas, the Delhi High Court provided observations on criminal breach of trust in a judgment delivered on 27 August 2025 regarding a criminal miscellaneous petition.
Seven individuals were arrested for allegedly cheating the Serum Institute of India of Rs 1 crore by impersonating its CEO via WhatsApp, as reported on 25 November 2022. The case is pending before the Bombay High Court, which addressed the anticipatory bail application of accused Rohit Rajendra Parmar as reported on 8 August 2025.
Management and doctors at Ahmedabad's Khyati Multi-Speciality Hospital are accused of conducting a racket to exploit the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana scheme. Following a state inquiry into patient deaths, the hospital was debarred from the scheme in November 2024. As of 15 May 2025, the Gujarat High Court rejected the bail plea of an accused doctor, while the hospital chairman was arrested on 18 January 2025.
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