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Preity Zinta acquitted in cheque bouncing case

The case was filed by well-known dialogue-writer Abbas Tyrewala way back in 2013.

Mumbai: A metropolitan magistrate's court here today acquitted Bollywood actress Preity Zinta in a cheque bouncing case filed by a script writer.

"Zinta was acquitted in the case filed by script writer Abbas Tyrewala," said her lawyer Hitesh Jain.

The case was filed in 2013 by well-known dialogue-writer Abbas Tyrewala, who had the contract for writing eight lines of voiceover for a film 'Ishkq in Paris'. He was asked to deliver it in a short time frame. He was issued a cheque in advance which he could encash on delivery of work.

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However, when Abbas Tyrewalla tried to encash it in November, the cheque bounced. The bank had been instructed to stop payment as he had not delivered the work as stipulated under the contract and hence was not supposed to encash the amount.

Laywer Hitesh Jain argued that Preity gave the cheque to Tyrewala on the undertaking that he would not deposit it without informing her, a contention which was accepted by the magistrate, who acquitted her.

(With inputs from PTI)

( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
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