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On February 17, a Gujarat court in Jamnagar sentenced filmmaker Rajkumar Santoshi to two years in jail in a check bounce case and ordered him to pay $2 crore to the complainant, the news agency reported. PTI.
The complainant, Ashok Lal – a prominent industrialist and shipping magnate from Jamnagar – claimed to have received 10 checks from $10 lakh each from the filmmaker, totaling $1 crore, which subsequently bounced.
The businessman’s lawyer in the case, Piyush Bhojani, confirmed the sentence to ME TOO on Saturday.
According to Bhojani, Lal contributed $1 crore for Rajkumar Santoshi’s film. However, Santoshi allegedly sent the tycoon 10 checks of $10 lakh each.
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When the checks were deposited in the bank within the stipulated period, they bounced, the businessman alleged. He added that he first tried to establish contact with the filmmaker over this matter, but all attempts to establish contact with the filmmaker failed. Following this, he filed a suit under the Negotiable Instruments Act and went to court in 2017 after Santoshi failed to return the money.
“Subsequently, the accused sought to transfer the case filed against him to a Mumbai court, which was challenged by the complainant in the sessions court. The sessions court ordered that all the cases against Santoshi be heard in Jamnagar,” the court said. Lal’s lawyer, Piyush Bhojani. .
The court then issued a summons against the filmmaker, but he did not respond.
Despite the summons, when Santoshi failed to appear before the Jamnagar court, a bail warrant was issued against him, following which he appeared, Bhojani said.
Judge VJ Gadhvi of Jamnagar Court, during hearing of the case on Saturday, ordered a two-year jail sentence for Santoshi and asked him to repay double the amount he owes to the businessman.
Also, Justice VJ Gadhvi allowed Santoshi’s appeal for a 30-day stay of the order to allow him to appeal to a higher court.
Santoshi’s next film ‘Lahore 1947’ is being produced under the banner of Aamir Khan Productions. This project marks the collaboration of Sunny Deol, Santoshi and Aamir Khan for the first time. This film will also mark the 17th venture of Aamir Khan Productions (AKP).
Rajkumar Santoshi and Sunny Deol had earlier combined to deliver three blockbusters in the form of ‘Ghayal’, ‘Damini’ and ‘Ghatak’.
With agency contributions.
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