India, March 8 -- A Pune court has directed five banks and an insurance company to transfer funds totalling Rs.57.59 lakh to a complainant who had approached the police alleging that he was cheated by a self-styled spiritual healer and her associates in a black magic case and his family lost around Rs.14 crore.

The order, passed on February 27 by Additional Sessions Judge PR Choudhary allowing a criminal miscellaneous application filed by Deepak Pundlikrao Dolas of Woodland Society near Gandhi Bhavan in Kothrud, was uploaded on March 2.

The case stems from allegations that Dolas and his wife were persuaded by the accused to sell several properties, including their house in England and other assets, and transfer money on the promise that...