Mumbai: Film actor Sridevi on Wednesday got some relief from the Bombay High Court which put on hold proceedings against her in an alleged chequebouncing case filed by film financier Sushil Gupta. The actor had also filed a complaint against Gupta alleging forgery of her signature on the cheques and on her letterhead. The court directed the police to do a handwriting analysis to verify the authenticity of the signature on the cheques.
Justice A P Deshpande passed the order while hearing a petition filed by Sridevi seeking a stay on the criminal proceedings for cheque-bouncing till her complaint was thoroughly probed first. She has three cases pending, two in Kurla court and one in Girgaum court, filed against her for allegedly dud cheques worth about Rs 9 crore.
Her counsel in the HC Amit Desai stated that the cheques were common in all cases. He said for five months police was dragging its feet and failed to take possession of the cheques from Gupta for a handwriting check to ascertain the signatures.
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