land belonging to one of his acquaintance. Accordingly, from time to time an amount of Rs.13,35,000/- was paid by her in favour of the power of attorney holder-co-accused Ramdas Talkar who was introduced to her by the coaccused-Mohan Shingre. It was projected to the complainant that the co-accused Ramdas Talkar is the power of attorney holder of the owner of the agricultural land. Instead of transferring the agricultural land in the name of the respondent no.2, the co-accused Mohan Shingre transferred the land in his name. The complainant therefore requested the co-accused to either return her money or transfer the land in her name. The accused did neither. The complainant was thus cheated. To resolve the issue, she approached the appellant-co-accused-Sunil Deepak Khambe who was the leader of a political party. She also approached the coaccused-appellant Akshay Akash Nikalje who promised her that he would ensure return of money to the complainant. The complainant paid the Rs.1,00,000/- to Akshay Akash Nikalje and Rs.50,000/- to some other co-accused for this purpose. However, despite these payments, neither the land was transferred in her name nor money was returned
