Actor Sridevi and husband Boney Kapoor filed a contempt of court case against film financiers Madhu Gupta and Sushil Gupta after they failed to produce evidence in a Rs 10-crore cheque bouncing and forgery case against them.
According to Dinesh Tiwari, who represents the couple, the Guptas don't want to provide the court or police with the cheques, as they have forged Sridevi's signatures. "This would go against their case. They filed a case against Sridevi alleging that three cheques given by her amounting to Rs 10 crore had bounced. She filed an FIR against them for forging her signature at Juhu police station on November 16, 2007. Till date, the police have not got the cheques."
The Guptas' lawyer, Amar Nagi, had made an undertaking that the cheques would be handed to the court by April 2. But, this did not happen and the Kapoors filed the contempt of court case.
Extortion?
Tiwari said Boney signed some cheques and gave them to the Guptas, but Sridevi was not present then. "The Guptas wanted 33 per cent interest over the finance they provided for Boney's film No Entry. They were trying to create obstacles in the way of the film's release," added Tiwari. While the Guptas were unavailable for comment, Nagi and Boney Kapoor said they did not want to comment.
Source: http://www.mid-day.com/news/2008/sep/030908-sridevi-boney-kapoor-contempt-of-court-case-madhu-gupta-sushil-gupta-financiers.htm
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