Archive · 31 Oct 2025
Builder Raman Patel Sentenced to 4 Years for 1996 Land Deal Fraud
A builder named Raman Patel has been sentenced to four years in jail for cheating people in a land deal that happened many years ago, back in 1996.
He was found guilty of plotting and faking documents to transfer land that belonged to someone else.
The court decided he should go to jail for a simple four years and also pay a fine.
Part of that money will be given back to the family of the person who was tricked.
Patel is an older gentleman, and the court considered his age but still felt the crime was serious.
Other people involved in this deal are still being looked for by the police.
Builder Raman Patel convicted of criminal conspiracy and forgery in a 1996 land deal.
Sentenced to four years simple imprisonment and fined Rs 1.40 lakh by a Sanand magisterial court.
The fraud involved the registration of sale deeds for restricted tenure land using forged documents.
Rs 1 lakh of the fine ordered to be paid to the legal heirs of the defrauded landowner.
Five other accused, including Raman's brother Dashrath Patel, are absconding.
- Who
- Raman Patel, owner of Popular Builders
- What
- Convicted of criminal conspiracy and forgery in a 1996 land deal fraud and sentenced to 4 years imprisonment and a fine.
- When
- Verdict delivered on Thursday; fraudulent transactions occurred in January 1996.
- Where
- Sanand taluka, Chekhla village
- Why
- In connection with the fraudulent registration of two sale deeds for restricted tenure land using false and forged documents to convert it to old tenure.
- Convicted Accused
- Raman Patel (Owner of Popular Builders)
- Offenses
- Criminal Conspiracy and Forgery
- Land Details
- Two parcels of restricted tenure land in Chekhla village, Sanand
- Year of Transaction
- 1996
- Sentence
- 4 years simple imprisonment
- Fine
- Rs 1.40 lakh
- Compensation to Heirs
- Rs 1 lakh from fine