Big relief for Rajpal

Cheque Bounce Case

Supreme Court exempts the actor from surrender subject to `5 crore deposit 

The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed actor Rajpal Yadav to deposit `5 crore with its Registry by Wednesday as a condition for exempting him from surrendering to serve his sentence in a cheque-bounce case involving film producer-financier Murli Projects Pvt Ltd.

The Court issued a conditional notice on Rajpal Yadav’s plea challenging the Delhi High Court’s July 10 judgment upholding his conviction and three-month imprisonment in seven cases under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. The matter will next be heard on September 15.

A bench headed by the Chief Justice, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V. Mohana passed the order after his plea was orally mentioned. The Delhi High Court had required the actor to surrender to serve the sentence, with September 10 being the deadline, after dismissing his criminal revisions against the conviction and sentence.

The case arises from seven complaints filed by Murli Projects against Yadav, his wife Radha Rajpal Yadav and their film production company over dishonour of seven cheques issued in connection with financing for the film Ata Pata Laapata (2012).