Overview

• Justice Girish Kathpalia rejected Ajay Kumar Nayyar’s bail plea in a September 1 order, citing the seriousness and breadth of the allegations.
• The court recorded that the trial court is considering amending the charge to include IPC sections 467, 471 and 120B over alleged forged cheques given as security, offences that can attract life imprisonment.
• According to the complaint and prosecution, Nayyar posed as “Ajay Shah,” promised a ₹90 crore government tender linked to renovation at the President’s Estate, showed demand drafts later represented as ₹127 crore, and elicited payments totaling ₹3.90 crore.
• Nayyar was arrested in December 2021 after the businessman’s complaint, charges were framed in 2022, and the case continues in Delhi.
• The judge distinguished the case from the Supreme Court’s January bail to co-accused Raj Kumar Nayyar, noting the pending move to add graver offences and citing prosecution claims of a similar prior case allegedly settled for ₹75 lakh.