The Allahabad High Court (HC) on Thursday said that ‘no coercive steps would be taken’ against the three executives of Ringing Bells (makers of Freedom 251 phone), after the court reviewed a complaint filed by Kirit Somaiya, under Section 420 (cheating), reports Livemint. The three accused—Mohit Kumar, Dharna Garg and Ashok Chadha are top executives at Ringing Bells and were represented by advocate Abhishek Vikram during the hearing on March 30th. “We have nothing to hide and have full faith in the judicial process. We are open to scrutiny by any government agency. The company remains committed to its promise of delivering the smartphone for Rs.251 by the end of June,” said Vikram. FIR under Section 420: In late March, Somaiya filed a complaint against the company on the basis that it would not be possible to manufacture a smartphone at Rs 251, and that the company was fooling people. The police mentions that it had asked the company to submit documents for investigation. Ringing Bells on the other hand defended itself and said it was ready to cooperate with the police. The company went on to assure that it would indeed deliver the product by June 30th this year. The company also mentioned that it would deliver other smartphones at different price ranges as well. Specifications: The Noida-based company launched the Freedom 251 brand smartphone in February, named after its selling price of Rs 251 in February and started taking online bookings. At that time the company mentioned that…
