Kerala High Court stays cheating case registered against Sunny Leone and her husband Daniel Weber
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday stayed a cheating case registered against actor Sunny Leone and her husband Daniel Weber. The couple earlier filed a petition acting upon which, the court stayed the case and all further actions related to it.
According to the complainant, despite paying Leone lakhs of rupees to appear and perform in events, she did not show up. Subsequently, a case was registered against the couple alleging the commission of offenses punishable under Sections 406 (criminal breach of trust), 420 (cheating and dishonesty inducing delivery of property) and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of the Indian Penal Code.
Sunny and Daniel in their plea also pointed out that the complainant had also moved a civil suit with the same allegations which was dismissed by a Magistrate Court in July 2022.
Earlier in February 2021, Justice Ashok Menon granted them interim protection from arrest on their applications seeking anticipatory bail.