A court here has acquitted actress Hema Malini in a decade-old case in which she was accused of not turning for a show despite accepting performance money in advance.
District and Sessions Judge C M Totla on Thursday said Malini cannot be held responsible as the show was cancelled by the district officials due to law-and-order situation. The judge directed the case to be closed.
Congress leader Suresh Gurjar had alleged that Malini after entering into a contract and taking Rs 50,000 in advance neither performed at the Dussehra Mela here in 1997 nor returned the money.
The court has also asked the district collector and city mayor to take action against the officials concerned.