Advocate Sandeep Pandey & co.

A magistrate court in Thane convicted a resident of Borivli and sentenced him to one year of simple imprisonment for dishonouring two cheques totalling Rs 30 lakh. The Thane court took a stern view of the decade-old property dispute, ordering the accused to pay Rs 60 lakh—double the original cheque amount—as compensation to the complainant. The dispute began in Aug 2016, when the complainant approached the accused to purchase a 2 BHK flat in Thane West for approximately Rs 70