A Delhi court has ordered prosecution of a woman for filing a false cheque bouncing case against another woman.
The woman, Rani Devi, in her complaint to the court alleged that she had loaned Rs.3.2 lakh to Pooja alias Pooja Bedi alias Gogi to meet her emergency medical expenses and the latter had issued a cheque of Rs.4 lakh to her for repayment of the principal along with interest.
However, when the complainant submitted the cheque for encashment to the bank on which the borrower had drawn, the bank refused to honour it, saying that the specimen signatures differed with the one on the cheque.
Thereafter, the complainant sent a legal notice to Pooja seeking repayment of the loan along with interest agreed.
On expiry of the notice period and failure by Pooja to repay, Rani Devi filed a complaint in the court.
Contrary factsBut Pooja presented complete contrary facts when summoned by the court on Rani Devi’s complaint. She said that she had not issued the cheque and also did not maintain any account with the bank on which the cheque allegedly issued by her was drawn. She further said that her name was not Pooja alias Pooja Bedi alias Gogi but only Gogi Rani.
To straighten the facts, the court issued a notice to the bank. A bank officer appeared before it and informed the court that the account from which the cheque was issued was opened by a company and it was dormant since 2011.
Fabricated evidenceHaving verified the facts, the court came to the conclusion that Rani Devi had lodged a false case against Gogi Rani on the basis of fabricated evidence.
Metropolitan Magistrate Abhilash Malhotra directed the reader of his court to present a complaint to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, North, Rohini courts, for prosecution of Rani Devi under Section 340 of the Criminal Procedure Code read with Section 195(1) (b) of the Code.
