Yesterday, Bollywood Hungama was one of many first web sites to interrupt the information {that a} Jamnagar court docket has sentenced Rajkumar Santoshi to jail for 2 years in a cheque bounce case. On the similar time, the court docket additionally ordered the filmmaker to deposit double the quantity that the filmmaker owed the complainant. The information unfold like wild hearth and lots of assumed that Rajkumar had gone behind bars already. Bollywood Hungama has realized that the acclaimed filmmaker has the suitable to file an attraction and thus save himself from going to jail.
EXCLUSIVE: Regardless of the jail sentence, Rajkumar Santoshi has not gone behind bars and may file an attraction; lawyer of the complainant shares particulars; Santoshi’s lawyer releases assertion
The complainant, Ashok Lal, a resident of Jamnagar and the proprietor of Shreeji Delivery, had loaned Rajkumar Santoshi Rs. 1.10 crore in 2015 for a movie. To repay the mortgage, Rajkumar gave Ashok Lal 11 cheques of Rs. 10 lakhs every. These cheques bounced in December 2016. The complainant at first tried to ascertain contact with the filmmaker over this matter. When he failed to take action, Ashok Lal filed the swimsuit below the Negotiable Devices Act.
Bollywood Hungama solely spoke to Piyush Bhojani, the advocate for Ashok Lal. Piyush confirmed that Rajkumar Santoshi was not current through the listening to on February 17. He additionally defined, “The utmost imprisonment in such negotiable circumstances is 2 years and the utmost advantageous is double the quantity owed. As soon as the judgment is introduced, the accused will get a interval of 30 days to file an attraction. After submitting the attraction, he has to deposit 20% of the quantity. In different phrases, he’s certain to deposit Rs. 22 lakhs. If he fails to take action, he’ll be imprisoned.” He continued, “If we win after he information the attraction, he’ll go to the Excessive Court docket the place once more, he’ll should deposit 20% of the quantity.”
Piyush Bhojani additionally revealed that this was not the primary case towards Rajkumar Santoshi by the complainant, “Three circumstances had been additionally filed towards him in 2014.” When requested how each events met, he replied, “Mr Ashok Lal is a businessman. He additionally has an workplace and residence in Mumbai. They met and have become mates. Previously, Mr Santoshi had taken the mortgage a number of instances however he had all the time returned the quantity throughout the stipulated time. This time, nevertheless, he defaulted.”
Rajkumar Santoshi even skipped hearings a number of instances. In April 2023, he needed to attend the listening to after a bailable warrant was issued towards him. Piyush Bhojani acknowledged, “He got here for the hearings twice. He needed to come when the case was filed in 2017. It is necessary. Then he attended a listening to final 12 months. This time in all probability, he was conscious that he’d be punished. Therefore, he skipped attending the listening to. However now, he’ll should attend to file the attraction. It might probably’t be executed with out his presence.”
The probabilities of Rajkumar Santoshi going behind bars are unlikely, stated the lawyer, “Only a few folks go to jail in such circumstances.” He added, “Mr Ashok Lal is ultra-rich and has his personal non-public jet. The quantity was not a major one for him. However this case was vital for us so {that a} message is distributed loud and clear to everybody that in the event that they attempt to run away together with his cash, he/she will likely be punished.”
In the meantime, Rajkumar Santoshi’s advocate, Binesh Patel, launched a press release, “To start with, the court docket has stayed its judgement for 30 days and has granted Mr Santoshi bail after we sought time to attraction towards the judgement at a better discussion board. The prosecution did not produce any documentary proof to show that Mr Santoshi had taken cash in any respect. The prosecution itself has admitted {that a} third occasion had collected the stated cash from the complainant. In return, the third occasion had supplied altered eleven cheques of Rs.10 lakhs every, which Mr Santoshi was not conscious of. The magisterial court docket neglected these information and dominated towards us. Subsequently, on the grounds of invalid and false claims, alterations occurred within the cheques. The actual fact is that the complainants don’t need to current or name within the stated third occasion who had collected the cash, about whom Mr Santoshi doesn’t know. So, we will attraction at a better discussion board with the above-highlighted factors and much more.”
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