# Nishit Patel bailed in Jaffrey case, re-arrested for watch fraud 2026-08-13T00:34:46+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet UK businessman Nishit Patel was granted conditional bail by a Mumbai MPID court in the Rs 16.24-17.5 crore cheating case involving actor Javed Jaffrey and his wife. Judge Vikram Jagdale noted that the prime accused, Mahesh Patil, had settled the dispute with the informant, making further incarceration unnecessary. Hours after his release from Arthur Road Jail, Patel was re-arrested in a fresh case. Police said he allegedly cheated a luxury watch dealer of over Rs 92 lakh by taking three high-end watches, a Hublot and two Franck Muller pieces, and failing to pay via RTGS as promised. ## Coverage - timesofindia.indiatimes.com - timesofindia.indiatimes.com Tags: Bail, cheating case, Javed Jaffery, MPID court, Mumbai court, Nishit Patel Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/mpid-court-grants-bail-to-uk-businessman-in-javed-jaffery-cheating-case/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/mpid-court-grants-bail-to-uk-businessman-in-javed-jaffery-cheating-case/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.