3 min readNew DelhiDec 10, 2025 11:37 AM IST
First published on: Dec 10, 2025 at 06:37 AM IST
Over three decades ago, one Suman was allotted a plot in Delhi as part of a scheme under which the government was compensating farmers after acquiring their lands for various projects.
Years later, the CBI found that Suman never existed. She was allegedly a “fictitious” character, created by some people in order to get an alternative plot in lieu of a land which was acquired by the government.
The CBI subsequently found an original Land & Building Department document related to the allotment at the residence of an advocate, identified as N K Gupta. An FIR was immediately registered. Gupta, his wife and one S S Malhi, a department official, were made accused in the case.
The file should have ideally been consigned to the record room of the department after completion of the allotment process.
The CBI claimed that Malhi had abused his official position as public servant by facilitating the accused to use “forged documents as genuine, dishonestly, knowingly and fraudulently to cause unlawful gain”.
The central agency also informed the court that this was not the only case registered against the three accused, adding that they had been convicted in three other cases on the same allegations.
“All of them had criminally conspired with each other and forged documents so as to obtain illegal allotment of plots from government departments either in their favor or in favor of third persons with intention to cause unlawful gain to themselves or to these third parties,” the CBI stated.
As per the investigative agency, in the current case, the accused used forged documents to get recommendation for the allotment of the plot measuring 80 sq yards in the name of Suman in 1992.
The CBI also claimed that their investigation revealed that Suman, the “fictitious” character, “was not found existing or residing at her last reported address”.
The court was informed that her name was also not found in the electoral rolls of 1987, 1989, 1991 and 1992 of the South Delhi parliamentary constituency.
A cancellation notice by the DDA was also sent in 2003 to Suman through post but was returned undelivered, “with the endorsement that the address was incomplete”, it said.
Locals and post office officials in the area were also inquired, but Suman could not be traced.
“Suman was neither the registered owner of the said piece of land…neither had she been paid compensation by the department of LAC in lieu of acquisition of the same,” Special Judge Chhavi Kapoor of Rouse Avenue Court noted in her order dated Monday.
“It was clear that accused had carefully and meticulously filled up details of the applicant ‘Suman’ in the check memo dated 28.11.1998 and summary sheet… in order to conceal the necessary particulars revealing the real identity of applicant… the same was done with the ill intention so as to cause unlawful benefit resulting in recommendation of alternative allotment to the applicant,” she added.
The judge held the three accused guilty of criminal conspiracy under the IPC and under the Prevention of Corruption Act, among others.
The central agency also informed the court that this was not the only case registered against the three accused, adding that they had been convicted in three other cases on the same allegations. 
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