India, Jan. 10 -- Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate NR Gajbhiye has convicted city-based businessman Yogesh Ajit Bafna, his wife Harsha Bafna, Rekha Manoj Gandhi and their partnership firm in a cheque dishonour case, sentencing the accused to six months' simple imprisonment and imposing a fine of Rs.20 lakh, which will be paid as compensation to the complainant.

The judgment was delivered on January 5 in a complaint filed by Anjali Talera under Sections 138 and 141 of the Negotiable Instruments Act.

M/S Gandhi Bafna Associates, the partnership firm, and Yogesh Bafna's wife, Harsha and Rekha Gandhi are its partners. The family of the complainant and the accused were known to each other for the last three generations. Yogesh Bafna appr...