The Supreme Court docket on Tuesday directed actor Rajpal Yadav to deposit ₹5 crore with its Registry by Wednesday as a situation for exempting him from surrendering to serve his sentence in a cheque-bounce case involving movie producer-financier Murli Tasks Pvt Ltd.
Rajpal Yadav will get aid
The Court docket issued a conditional discover on Rajpal Yadav’s plea difficult the Delhi Excessive Court docket’s July 10 judgment upholding his conviction and three-month imprisonment in seven circumstances below Part 138 of the Negotiable Devices Act. The matter will subsequent be heard on September 15.
A bench headed by the Chief Justice, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V. Mohana handed the order after his plea was orally talked about. The Delhi Excessive Court docket had required the actor to give up to serve the sentence, with September 10 being the deadline, after dismissing his felony revisions in opposition to the conviction and sentence.
The case arises from seven complaints filed by Murli Tasks in opposition to Yadav, his spouse Radha Rajpal Yadav and their movie manufacturing firm over dishonour of seven cheques issued in reference to financing for the movie Ata Pata Lapata.
About Rajpal Yadav’s case
Again in 2010, Rajpal Yadav had borrowed ₹5 crore from M/s Murali Tasks Pvt Ltd for his directorial debut movie, Ata Pata Laapata. Nonetheless, the movie turned out to be a field workplace flop. Rajpal’s failure to clear the dues, coupled with the accumulating curiosity, elevated the excellent quantity to almost ₹9 crore. This finally led to a chronic authorized battle.
Throughout a earlier listening to, Yadav’s counsel knowledgeable the court docket that roughly ₹4.25 crore had already been paid to the complainant.
In 2018, a Justice of the Peace court docket convicted Rajpal and his spouse, Radha, within the case and sentenced him to 6 months in jail. In 2019, the periods court docket upheld the conviction, following which Yadav approached the Delhi Excessive Court docket in enchantment. In June 2024, the Excessive Court docket quickly suspended his sentence and directed him to take “honest and real measures” to repay the almost ₹9 crore dues.
In February, after failing to clear the dues, he surrendered and was despatched to Tihar Jail. He was later granted interim bail on February 16 after depositing ₹1.5 crore, following affirmation from the complainant’s lawyer. The aid was prolonged, with the Delhi Excessive Court docket stating that he wouldn’t be taken again into custody even after the sooner interim order was put aside. The actor additionally requested a 30-day extension to rearrange the mortgage quantity, however the Delhi Excessive Court docket rejected his request and reserved its verdict.
Throughout this troublesome section, a number of Bollywood celebrities had prolonged their help to Rajpal, together with Sonu Sood, Ajay Devgn, Salman Khan and Gurmeet Choudhary.
(by way of inputs from ANI)