Bollywood Chaska News Network Published on 09:30 AM IST, March 10 by charmi
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An arrest warrant has been issued against reality television actress Payal Rohatgi by a metropolitan magistrate court in Andheri after she failed to appear in a cheque-bouncing case. Soapbox, a public relation firm, had filed a complaint against Rohatgi after a Rs. 2.23 lakh cheque, issued by her towards their commission, was dishonoured and she failed to pay the amount thereafter.
The court issued direction to the police to arrest Rohatgi and produce her.
The warrant is ballable, so if the actor produces a surety and a bail amount of Rs. 5,000 at the next hearing in the court on March 16, she will be released.
According to the complaint filed by soapbox CEOAvantika Sinha, Rohatgi hired the firm's services in March 2011 and signed a letter of understanding. The firm used its contracts to bag the actor a place in a reality show being aired on a television channel.
Rohatgi signed a participant agreement with the production agreement with the production company regarding remuneration she would be paid in June 2011.
"Rohatgi agreed to pay Soapbox a commission of 15% of the amount she would get from the production house for as long as she survived in the show. She issued a cheque of Rs. 2.23 lakh as part payment. But when Sinha presented the cheque at a bank in October 2011, it was dishonoured. The bank said Rohatgi had issued instruction to stop payment," said Shounak Mehta.
Sinha then exchanged emails with Rohatgi, pointing out the problem, but got no response. In November 2011, Sinha presented the cheuque once again, hoping her dues would be cleared. But it was again returned unpaid with a remark that the payment had been stopped.
On November 10, 2011, Sinha sent a legal notice to Rohatgi.
The same month, she got a reply from a Delhi legal firm Sharma & Associates, which told her to return all original cheques issued by Rohatgi.
"As Rohatgi failed to pay the amount of the dishonoured cheque within the stipulated period, we filed a complaint in court against her under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act." Mehta added. Sharma & Associates said they no longer represnted Rohatgi.
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