Actor Aditya Pancholi gets 1 year in jail for 2005 assault case over parking
The Andheri court hearing the case also slapped a fine of Rs 20,000 on the actor. The incident took place in 2005.
HIGHLIGHTS
- 1Complainant claimed that he suffered fracture injuries in an 'unprovoked' assault by Aditya Pancholi.
- 2The dispute was over the parking of a car in a slot that blocked the way for another.
- 3Pancholi had been booked for assaulting another neighbour Bhargav Patel in 2013.
Actor Aditya Pancholi has been sentenced to a one-year imprisonment for assaulting his neighbour in Mumbai.
Magistrate Amitabh Panchbhai of Andheri court today sentenced the actor to jail for one year and slapped a fine of Rs 20,000. The incident as reported took place in 2005.
PANCHOLI'S VERSION
Speaking about the incident, Pancholi said that the complainant used to live in his society as a tenant and he did not know about it.
"One day, a friend of mine had come to visit me. He found the parking spot empty and parker his car there. The tenant came and parked his car right in front of my friend's car, blocking its way", Pancholi said. When Pancholi came down to see his friend's car blocked, the complainant alleged that he was assaulted "unprovoked" by Pancholi.
COMPLAINANT'S CLAIMS
The complainant had claimed that he had suffered fracture injuries, and had suffered a bleeding nose due to the assault. Pancholi, on the other hand, says that the claim of the fractured limb and assault was an "afterthought as that was why the case was registered a day later."
Aditya Pancholi convicted in 2005 assault case: Sentence not to be executed till one month, Pancholi gets 1 month to appeal in higher court
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Later, Pancholi's lawyers moved the court for bail. Pancholi said, "It is very harsh sentence. It's not like I was found involved in a terrorist activity or some bomb blast. I definitely will appeal against this order. After being granted bail, Pancholi paid the bail amount of Rs 12,000 and tried to see to it that he could leave the court immediately.
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PREVIOUS CASE OF ASSAULT
This is not the first time the actor has landed in a controversy. He had been booked for assaulting another neighbour Bhargav Patel in 2013, while there is another case registered against him of assaulting pub bouncers in a drunken state in Juhu in 2015. The brawl that time had been over Pancholi's wanting the DJ to play his favourite Hindi track.
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