Chandigarh, Feb. 28 -- A Zirakpur woman was sentenced to three-months of rigorous imprisonment (RI) for paying a city advocate with cheques that were dishonoured.

Judicial Magistrate Mohit Singh Dabad convicted Priya, a resident of Baltana, Zirakpur, in a complaint filed by advocate Saurabh Arora under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act.

According to the complaint, Arora along with another advocate Ravi Inder Singh was engaged by Priya and her husband Manish Kumar to file a civil suit which is pending adjudication in the civil court.

The total professional fee was allegedly settled at Rs.1.20 lakh. Court records show that Rs.10,000 was transferred via Google Pay and Rs.40,000 was paid in cash. The remaining Rs.70,000 was to ...