Cosmic Enterprise Limited
Amit Mansukhlal Hindocha
A director of Cosmic Enterprise Limited was on Wednesday arraigned at Mavoko law courts and charged with defrauding a former military officer of a sum of 50,000,000 (fifty million) Kenyan shillings.
Amit Mansukhlal Hindocha, who took a plea on behalf of the company, pleaded not guilty before Mavoko magistrate Derrick Khaemba Kuto during an online mention, who released him on a cash bail of one hundred thousand or a bond of five hundred thousand.
“I have considered all the submissions by both parties, including the DPP not opposing bond. I will order the accused to deposit an extra one hundred thousand or a bond of five hundred thousand on behalf of the company,” said the magistrate.
Others who have already been charged with defrauding a former military officer, retired Colonel Abdi Daya Ali, of a sum of fifty million by alleging that they were in a position to subdivide, sell, or transfer to him fifty plots on LR no. 26699/27 measuring approximately 2.999 ha are Edward Mutisya Muhindi and Willy Kipkorir Koskei; the two are also out on a cash bail of Ksh 200,000.
The trial magistrate also ordered that the fifth accused person, Amos Kyondu Ngumbi, appear in court with all the medical documents after his lawyer told the trial magistrate that he is diabetic and has been undergoing treatment.
With the prosecution not opposing bond or bail, the lawyer for the complainant, Mr. Abdirazak Mohamed, asked the court to issue stringent terms due to the amount in question.
“There is a need for a warrant of arrest against the fifth because of absconding courts; this is the fifth time he has not been in court, nor have his lawyers presented his medical documents,” said Abdirazak.
He also asked the court to order the fifth accused person to provide all the medical documents, given that he has on numerous occasions skipped court proceedings on the same issue of medical conditions without papers.
The plea taking for accused five, one Amos Kyondu Ngumbi, who is yet to be charged, was deferred until the next mentioned date.
According to the main chargesheet, it is alleged that on diverse dates between the year 2018 and the 2nd day of September 2019 at an unknown place within the Republic of Kenya, with intent to defraud.
They jointly conspired to defraud Abdi Dayah Ali of the sum of fifty million Kenyan shillings (50,000,000) by falsely pretending that they were in a position to subdivide, sell, and transfer to him fifty plots on LR No. 26699/27 measuring approximately 2.999ha situated within Mavoko subcounty of Machakos County and belonging to the government of Kenya, a fact they knew to be false.
They were also charged with two counts of obtaining money by false pretence and obtaining land registration by false pretence.
The matter will be mentioned on the 6th of May in pre-trial directions.
