Vikrant Shekhawat : Nov 16, 2022, 03:47 PM
Sunny Leone Cheating Case: The Kerala High Court on Wednesday stayed the criminal proceedings in the cheating case registered against actress Sunny Leone (Karanjit Kaur Vohra), her husband Daniel Weber and one of their employees. Justice Ziyad Rehman AA passed the order on Leoni's plea seeking quashing of the case against her. The court has stayed the criminal proceedings till the next date of hearing of the petition.what is the matterA Kerala-based event manager had filed a case against Sunny Leone, her husband and their employee. The complainant had alleged that lakhs of rupees were paid to Leone to attend the event and perform, yet the actress did not turn up. Subsequently, the Crime Branch of the state police registered a case against Sunny and the other two for allegedly violating the terms of the contract signed with the company for stage performances in Kozhikode four years ago. A case was registered against him under sections 406, 420 and 34.Sunny has claimed innocence in the petitionOn the other hand, Sunny, her husband and all three employees approached the High Court and filed a petition claiming that they are innocent and not involved in any kind of crime. The actress also said that she has suffered a lot during the process of this case even though there is no concrete evidence against her. The petition also states that the complainant had filed a civil suit with the same allegations, which was dismissed by a magistrate court in July 2022 for lack of evidence. Therefore, he sought quashing of the proceedings against him.