Jail sentence against former TN Cong MP suspended

A court here today suspended a two- year jail sentence to a former Congress MP elected from Tamil Nadu and his wife in a Rs 35 lakh cheque dishonour case.
Principal Sessions Judge N Authinathan ordered suspension of the imprisonment against R Anbarasu and his wife A Kamala.
The Judge directed them to furnish bonds for Rs 5,000 each along with two sureties each for a similar sum to the satisfaction of the trial court.
They were also ordered to report before the trial court on the first working day of every month.
The order was passed on an appeal filed by the petitioners, Anbarasu and Kamala.

Last month, the VIII Metropolitan Magistrate Kothandaraman had given the judgement on a petition by financier Mukunchand Bothra.

Bothra in his complaint said that Anbarasu, a trustee of 'Rajiv Gandhi Trust', had taken a loan of Rs 35 lakh in 2006 for various development works. He had issued a cheque for the amount to him but it was returned by banks.
Bothra then moved court, seeking a direction to punish Anbarasu under the Negotiable Instruments Act.
Anbarasu was elected to the Lok Sabha from Central Chennai constituency in 1989 and 1991 general elections.