How fake Rs 10 coin claim landed this man in court, slapped with Rs 200 penalty

A shopkeeper's refusal to take Rs 10 coin from a buyer led to a big setback for him. A local court in Morena, Madhya Pradesh found the person guilty of defying the directive of district collector and penalised him by ordering him to sit till the end of the court day and also imposed a monetary punishment of Rs 200! 
 
Assistant Prosecution Officer (APO) Bhupendra Singh said that one Akash of Jaura town bought two handkerchiefs from the shop of Arun Jain in Baniapara on Oct, 2017, and paid the latter with two Rs 10 coins. As reported by Navbharat Times, the shopkeeper, refused to take the coins saying that these are no more accepted in market. 
 
The APO further revealed that when Akash told the shopkeeper that the DC, Morena has directed that nobody can refuse to accept the Rs 10 coin as these are active in market, Jain still refused to accept the coins. He rather took back the handkerchief from Akash and asked him to go.
 
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The irked buyer lodged an FIR against the shopkeeper, said the APO, adding that the court took cognisance of the case and awarded the directive in favour of Akash.