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No relief from arrest for man who duped actress
The Versova police had registered a FIR in the case last year after the aspiring actress filed the complaint.
Mumbai: A sessions court in Dindoshi has refused to grant relief from arrest to a man, who allegedly duped an aspiring actress of Rs 50,000 in 2014. The man had allegedly promised her a role in TV serial Maharana Pratap in December 2014 in exchange for Rs 50,000. Additional sessions judge Khwaja F.M. passed the order while hearing anticipatory bail application filed by Mohammed Arif Khan (28), a resident of Navi Mumbai.
The prosecution said that the complainant, an aspiring actress, came in contact with Khan on Facebook as she was interested in acting and the applicant was the casting director. During the interaction, Khan allegedly demanded a sum of Rs 50,000 for providing work to the complainant. The Versova police had registered a FIR in the case last year after the aspiring actress filed the complaint.
The actress in her complaint has alleged that she paid Rs 25,000 to applicant’s office boy, Deepak Jaiswal on December 2, 2014, and the next day she again paid the second instalment of Rs 25,000 to the person sent by the applicant.
She has further alleged that after receiving money, Khan gave a letter to her with his company’s letterhead, assuring her that she will be given a role in his TV serial named Maharana Pratap. The letterhead was of Tiria Entertainment and Pictures company.
However, the complainant didn’t get any role in TV serial and also didn’t get a refund. Following this, the complainant started making inquiries about the Khan and found that there is no company is in existence with name Tiria Entertainment and Pictu-res. She thought that she has been cheated and hence filed a complaint with Versova police station.
The prosecution opposed the bail plea, saying that the applicant is not residing at the address mentioned in the plea and there is every possibility that he would abscond. Khan had sought bail on the ground that there was an inordinate delay in lodging FIR and claimed that all allegations are false. He claimed that he doesn’t work for the mentioned company, hasn’t received the amount and there is no ground for custodial interrogation.
