30/09/2025
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FIR registered against Ex-Mayor JMC & 09 Ors. at P/S Bakshi Nagar
Theft of 13 Cows & 24 Calves as well as Misappropriation of ₹97 Lakhs of 'Hare Krishna Gaushala'
In a major development, the SHO Police Station Bakshi Nagar, Jammu has registered an FIR against Ex-Mayor,JMC Chander Mohan Gupta and 09 others including Narender Verma alias Nitai Dass, Manju Verma W/o Nitai Dass, Vijay Kumar, Sanjay Kumar, Deepak Singh Rana, Varinder Dogra, Deepak Singla, Rajeev Sambyal and Rajinder Abrol regarding the theft of 13 cows and 24 calves (Total 37 bovines) and misappropriation of around 97 Lakhs of rupees of _Hare Krishna Gaushala_ near Eden Garden, Top SherKhania, Shakti Nagar, Jammu.
The FIR No. 0125/2025 under Sections 316, 318 (3) and 325 BNS, 2023 has been registered on the directions of Judicial Magistrate 1st class (Munsiff) Jammu-Rekha Sharma on the complaint of Rohit Bali S/o Darbari Lal Bali who is General Secretary of the Hare Krishna Gaushala Charitable Trust, Shakti Nagar, Jammu.
The complainant/whistle-blower in his complaint has alleged that a Trust namely _Hare Krishna Gaushala Charitable Trust_ came to be established in the year 2017 and the complainant has been its General Secretary and was managing its affairs and had personally purchased 25 number of Cows along with 24 calves and before the taking-over of the Management of the said Gaushala by the Deputy Commissioner, Jammu the applicant got the reports regarding missing of cows and their calves and other illegal activities being carried out in the said Gaushala by the above named accused persons including Ex-JMC Mayor, Chander Mohan Gupta and the complainant approached the Tehsildar, Jammu Khas on 19.03.2024 for a proper inquiry into the matter and the Tehsildar, Jammu Khas directed Naib-Tehsildar, Jammu Khas to visit the said Gaushala and submit its report regarding the illegal activities in the said gaushala. The Naib-Tehsildar submitted his report dated 23.03.2024 wherein the said officer highlighted the embezzlement of funds and illegal interference in the management of the Gaushala by the Ex-Mayor JMC, Chander Mohan Gupta and above named 09 accused and apart from this the Tehsildar, Jammu Khas also directed the Chief Animal Husbandry Officer, Jammu to submit his report regarding the status of Cows in the said Gaushala and upon an inquiry by the Animal Husbandry Department, the Chief Animal Husbandry Officer, Jammu submitted his report dated 06.07.2024 wherein it was found that 13 number of Cows and 24 Calves (Total 37 bovines) are missing from the Gaushala. Upon these revelations, the complainant Rohit Bali approached SHO Police Station, Bakshi Nagar for registration of FIR against Chander Mohan Gupta (Ex-Mayor JMC, Jammu) and 09 others for theft of 37 bovines and misappropriation of 97 Lakhs rupees (Cost of milk of the Cows) but the FIR was not registered which forced the complainant to approach SSP, Jammu but even then no action was taken and thereafter the complainant was constrained to invoke section 175 (3) BNSS 2023 by filing an application in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jammu for seeking appropriate directions to the SSP, Jammu and SHO, P/S Bakshi Nagar to register an FIR in the said matter. The CJM Jammu entrusted the matter to Judicial Magistrate 1st Class (Munsiff), Jammu for disposal under law.
Munsiff, Jammu Rekha Sharma vide her order dated 01.02.2025 directed that there are contradictions in the reports submitted by the complainant and the police and after considering the matter the court observed that _prima facie_ there is disclosure of commission of cognizable offences and as such SHO P/S Bakshi Nagar was directed to investigate the matter under law.
Despite the aforesaid directions the SHO Police Station Bakshi Nagar did not register the FIR and accordingly the complainant Rohit Bali on 06.06.2025 filed a Contempt Petition against Azad Manhas-SHO, Police Station Bakshi Nagar and on 26.09.2025 the JMIC (Munsiff) Jammu-Rekha Sharma took a serious view of the matter and granted last opportunity to the alleged Contemnnor SHO P/S Bakshi Nagar to comply the order of the court dated 01.02.2025 and in case of default, the Court directed the personal appearance of SHO P/S Bakshi Nagar.
Facing Contempt of Court Action in view of the directions dated 26.09.2025, the SHO Police Station Bakshi Nagar vide No. 1112/57/PS dated 29.09.2025 intimated the Court of the JMIC (Munsiff), Jammu-Rekha Sharma that a case FIR No. 0125/2025 u/s 316/318 (3)/ 325 BNS,2023 has been registered and investigation of the instant case is in progress which is being conducted by ASI Ashok Kumar of P/S Bakshi Nagar, Jammu.
