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No proof of fraud by Amitabh: High Court

Lucknow: Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan on Tuesday got a major relief in the Barabanki land dispute case when the Allahabad High Court directed that no criminal, civil or revenue proceedings be initiated against him in the matter.

A Bench comprising Justice A.N. Verma said there was no finding that the actor “himself committed any fraud or manipulated any surreptitious entry in the revenue records.”

Mr. Justice Verma disposed of Mr. Bachchan’s petition challenging the order of Additional Commissioner of Faizabad quashing the land allotment at Daulatpur in Barabanki district “as withdrawn.”

However, the order of the Additional Commissioner would be maintained.

The court said Mr. Bachchan would not “lay any claim on the land in question and his (Mr. Bachchan’s) right, title or interest if any shall stand extinguished.”

Government counsel D.K. Upadhyay said he would decide the next course of action after studying the judgment.

In an attempt to wriggle out of the controversy, Mr. Bachchan had offered to abandon his claim over the land. — PTI

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