HC quashes FIR against Sussanne Khan in forgery case

Panaji, Aug 26 (PTI) The Goa bench of Bombay HighCourt has quashed an FIR against Bollywood star HrithikRoshan’s ex-wife Sussanne Khan in connection with a complaintof forgery by a real estate firm. A division bench comprising Justices F M Reis andNutan Sardesai quashed the FIR filed against Khan by realestate firm Emgee Properties accusing her of cheating it tothe tune of Rs 1.87 crore. The company had alleged that Khan falsely projectedherself as an architect to secure a contract with it for aproject at Goa. The court in its verdict yesterday said that the FIRdid not disclose any offence of cheating against Khan or thatshe had made any misrepresentation in the alleged case. Panaji Police had filed the FIR against Khan acting onthe complaint of the real estate firm. In the petition filed before the high court bench atGoa on July 1 this year, Khan had also sought a direction tothe police not to initiate any coercive action against hertill the final disposal of the plea. She had pleaded that the court should stay all theproceedings/investigation in the FIR till the final disposalof the petition. Khan had said that the criminal proceeding ismanifestly attended with malafide intention and had beeninstituted maliciously with ulterior motive. Soon after the court verdict, Khan took on to Twitterto break the news. "I have never made any misrepresentation and havealways maintained the highest standards of ethics whiledischarging my work. Truth be told," she tweeted. PTI RPS DKSCRDS