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Cheque bounce case
Kanda booked for evading summons
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, September 5
Delhi Police has registered one more case against former Haryana Minister Gopal Goyal Kanda, accused in the suicide case of his ex-employee Geetika Sharma, on the directions of the court for evading appearance in a 14-year-old cheque bounce case which he settled recently.

The case was registered on September 3 against Kanda and his brother Govind Kanda under Section 174-A of the Indian Penal Code (punishment for non-appearance in response to court proclamation) at Connaught Place Police station, said a senior Police official.

Kanda is already going through 14 days of judicial custody in Rohini Jail here. He will be produced in court on September 11. Kanda and his brother Govind were declared proclaimed offenders in the case which they had settled out of court last month.

The duo were declared proclaimed offenders in the case this May.

The brothers had been facing summons and warrants issued by a Delhi court since 1998 in the cheque bounce case related to dishonour of a Rs 4.10 lakh cheque issued by them. Finally in May this year, the court had declared both as proclaimed offenders for not responding to its summons and avoiding its warrants.

The cheque bounce case was settled between the two parties on August 27 after the brothers paid the amount of Rs 4.10 lakh to the complainant. If Kanda brothers are convicted under section 174 A of the IPC, they could get a maximum punishment of three years.