Repeat offenders have been found involved in a spate of recent white-collar crimes. “Even if a person is arrested for a second or third time for cheating or forgery, the same law (that was applied when he was arrested the first time) applies,” he said. He added that there was no separate law to deal with repeat offenders. Unable to resist the temptation of the money they make, they are back to their illegal ways again,” he said. “The accused gets bail within a month or two, depending on the case.
Lawyer Dharmendra Arya said repeat offenders involved in white- collar crimes always take advantage of loopholes in the law. Lawyers say it would not be surprising if Dhawan is freed again. Subsequently, he was picked up again at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in the fake passport case. Thanks to lenient laws, Dhawan was out on bail soon after. At that time, the CBI arrested 20 people who worked for him and seized nearly 250 passports meant for customers mostly from Punjab. In 2004, Dhawan had been arrested along with an official of the passport office. The police also seized incriminating documents and computers that were used to forge documents needed to obtain passports.
