Monica Bedi was facing two passport forgery cases – one in Hyderabad and the other in Bhopal. In the Hyderabad case, she was convicted and given a three-year sentence.
However, she went in appeal and the Supreme Court suspended her sentence and granted her bail. But she could not execute the bail bond as she was facing another passport forgery case in Bhopal.
The Bhopal case was registered on Nov 28, 2001, at the Koh-E-Fiza police station against Abu Salem, his wife Samira and Monica for having fake passports made using the names Danish Baig, Rubina Baig and Fauzia Osman, respectively.
Bedi was arrested in Lisbon along with Abu Salem in 2002 for entering Portugal with forged documents. After years of legal battle, they were deported to India in Nov 11, 2005, after India promised Portugal that Salem would not receive death sentence.
Monica is in Hyderabad now, looking for a comeback in the film industry .
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