Rajkumar Santoshi jailed after 10 cheques paid by him bounce, filmmaker calls it 'fake case'

Filmmaker Rajkumar Santoshi has been sentenced to two years in jail in a cheque-bouncing case by a Jamnagar court. The court has also ordered him to repay double the amount that he owed to the complainant. However, Santoshi has now denied all the claims in the decade-old case.

What's the case about?

Ashok Lal, a prominent industrialist and shipping magnate from Jamnagar, claimed that he received 10 cheques of ₹10 lakhs each from the filmmaker, totalling ₹1 crore. However, all the cheques bounced.

According to Piyush Bhojani, Lal's advocate, he contributed ₹1 crore to Rajkumar Santoshi's film. While repaying him, Santoshi sent him 10 cheques of ₹10 lakh each, which bounced.

The businessman said that the cheques bounced once they were put in the bank within the allotted time, and he had attempted to get in touch with the filmmaker about the issue beforehand. However, Santoshi refused to establish communication, which prompted the magnate to file a lawsuit under the Negotiable Instrument Acts.

Rajkumar Santoshi denies allegations

The filmmaker now denied all the claims. Speaking to ETimes, the filmmaker said, "It is a fake case, and we will be lodging an appeal against the verdict in a higher court."

Meanwhile, on the film front, Santoshi is currently busy with his next venture, 'Lahore 1947', which features Sunny Deol and Preity Zinta in leading roles.

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