HC quashes four cases against DMK Rajya Sabha member
PTI | 08:01 PM,Jan 24,2012Chennai, Jan 24 (PTI):The Madras High Court today quashed four cases against DMK Rajya Sabha member Vasanthi Stanley,who had been charged with offences,including cheating and forgery. In his order,Justice T Mathivanan said that from a perusal of Stanley's submissions and 'no due' certificates issued by respective banks,it could be seen that all dues had been fully paid by way of final settlement and so was allowing her prayer to quash the proceedings against her. In her petition, filed through counsel Abudu Kumar Rajarathnam, Stanley submitted her husband had been accused of obtaining loans from Syndicate Bank, the then Centurion Bank (later merged with HDFC Bank), Bank of India and Vijaya Bank. She said she was the guarantor/co-applicant in the loan transactions. Her husband and some other accused were said to have submitted forged documents. After her husband's demise, she had come to know cases were pending against her due to his alleged involvement, she said, adding she had settled all dues totalling about Rs 54 lakh with the banks and obtained 'no due' certificates from them. Hence she sought quashing of the criminal proceedings against her. PTI GR APR
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