Court withdraws Ksh.71M case against businessman Singh Manku

A Nairobi court has withdrawn a matter in which businessman Parminder Singh Manku had been charged with stealing over Ksh.71 million from his partners.

Court withdrew the matter under section 87(a) of the criminal procedure code. It further ordered that the cash bail he had deposited be released.

When the matter came up for mention on Monday the prosecution told the court that the charges against Manku were civil in nature adding that the prosecution does not intend to proceed with the matter.

Manku had been charged before Nairobi senior principal magistrate Robinson Ondieki with three counts of stealing, forgery and uttering a false document to a bank to lie that he was the sole signatory of the company.

The defence argued that no money was ever removed or misappropriated from the company Elite Earth Movers. They further claimed that the charges were based on lies and were fabricated.

Billionaire Manku Singh was appointed a sole signatory to a current account by Lalji Meghji Patel directors via a board resolution.

“The criminal case came about because Lalji Meghji gave Elite a subcontract and they were not performing and Lalji paid elite about Ksh.200 million and work done was about Ksh.130 million furthermore Lalji Meghji paid Elite Ksh.60 Million goods allegedly acquired off site by Pravin. Upon being asked to produce the goods he couldn’t,” said the defence.