Indian national Chavda seeks court’s permission to travel abroad
What you need to know:
- Chavda, who is a resident of Upanga, is facing two charges of providing false information to the police in order to obtain a loss report of five land titles, and obtaining land by deception.
Dar es Salaam. Indian national Pravinchandra Chavda (73), who is facing charges of providing false information to the police, has requested the Kisutu Resident Magistrate's Court to grant him permission to travel abroad for medical treatment.
Chavda, who is a resident of Upanga, is facing two charges of providing false information to the police in order to obtain a loss report of five land titles, and obtaining land by deception.
Through his lawyer, Majura Magafu, Chavda submitted his request today, December 14, 2023, before Chief Resident Magistrate Amiri Msumi when the case was called for mention.
Magafu claimed that his client was requesting permission to travel to India for a heart surgery.
"My client is suffering from heart disease and his surgery date is approaching, so we have submitted a letter to court to grant him permission to go for treatment abroad (India)," Magafu claimed.
Magistrate Msumi informed the lawyer that he was not the presiding judge in the case, as the presiding judge, Acting Magistrate Aaron Lyamuya, was ill.
As a result, the defendant is required to submit his request to the presiding judge when he is available.
After explaining this, Magistrate Msumi adjourned the case until December 19, 2023, when it will be called for the defendant to be read the preliminary objections. The defendant will remain out on bail.
Earlier, State Attorney Frank Michael claimed that the case was called for the defendant to be read the PH after the investigation was completed.
The defendant was first brought to court on October 23, 2023.
In the main case, Chavda is accused of obtaining plot number 1814 located in the Msasani Peninsula area of Dar es Salaam by deception on January 10, 2002.
It is alleged that he obtained the land by deception after submitting to the land registrar, a transfer of ownership document posing as the Managing Director of Sole, an investment company that owns the land, while knowing that it was not true.
In the second charge, it is alleged that on October 7, 2019, at the Central Police Station (Central) in Dar es Salaam, he intentionally gave false information to a police officer about the loss of five land titles, in order to obtain a police report of the loss of the land, while knowing that it was not true.
