On Wednesday March 7 Delhi court asked Congress MP Mohd Azharuddin to pay Rs. 15 lakh as cost for wasting the court's time, subsequently Azharuddin told the judge that he had resolved the cheque bounce case with the accuser.

Earlier a non-bailable warrants was issued to Azhar for his failure to appear before Metropolitan Magistrate Vikrant Vaid, this cost was imposed and Azhar has arrived at an out-of-court settlement.

"If settlement had to be done, it could have been done on the first date itself," the court said while taking strict view on the conduct of the Lok Sabha MP from Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh. 

"As the accused (Azharuddin) showed utter disdain to the court and wasted its time and did not appear (before it) for this reason, I do not find any reason why the court should not impose the cost," the judge said.

The court also imposed a penalty of Rs one lakh on one of his friend, who had earlier submitted a bond and surety to ensure Azharuddin's appearance in the case, but failed to do so.

The complainant Sanjay Solanki, a Delhi-based businessman, had earlier alleged that Azhar wanted to sell his Mumbai-based property worth around Rs 4.5 crore, jointly owned by him and his wife.

Even though Azhar had given a cheque for couple of times for the deal to buy a property in Mumbai.It was rejected on the both the occasions.