India, June 4 -- Setting the stage for trial, a Delhi court on Wednesday formally framed charges against actor Jacqueline Fernandez, alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekar and 15 others in a Rs 200-crore money laundering case.

In a separate case registered by the Delhi Police's Special Cell, the court also framed charges against Chandrashekar and 20 others for various offences, including under the stringent MCOCA provisions.

Chandrashekar, Jacqueline, and several others appeared in person in the court on Wednesday afternoon.

Pleading not guilty to the charges, the accused persons claimed trial before Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Prashant Sharma.

On May 30, in two separate orders, the court had ordered framing charges in the two cases,...