Filmmaker Rajkumar Santoshi's advocate says they'll appeal against the verdict: 'The prosecution didn't produce...'

Filmmaker Rajkumar Santoshi, who’s best known for directing films like Ghayal, Damini, Ghatak, Andaz Apna Apna, and was is set to direct Lahore 1947 with Sunny Deol and Preity Zinta, has been sentenced to two years of imprisonment in a cheque bouncing case. A court in Jamnagar on Saturday, February 17 pronounced the verdict.

The filmmaker’s advocate, Mr. Binesh Patel states that they will appeal against the magisterial court’s judgement. “First of all, the court has stayed its judgement for 30 days granted Mr.Santoshi bail after we sought time to appeal against the judgement at a higher forum,” Patel said, adding, “The prosecution didn’t produce any documentary evidence to prove that Mr. Santoshi had taken money at all. The prosecution itself has admitted that a third party had collected the said money from the complainant. In-retuen the third party had provided altered eleven cheques of Rs.10 lakh each, which Mr. Santoshi was not aware.”

He added, “The magisterial court overlooked these facts and ruled against us. Therefore, on the ground of invalid and false claims, alterations happened in the cheques, the fact that the complainants do not want to present or call-in the said third party who had collected the money, about Mr.Santoshi does not know. So we shall appeal at a higher forum with the above highlighted points and even more.”

About  Lahore 1947

Rajkumar Santoshi  ’s next ‘Lahore 1947’ is one of the most talked about films. Ever since the film was announced, the excitement of the audience to know more about the film is soaring. As the film is all set to bring the never-seen-before trio of Sunny Deol, Rajkumar Santoshi, and Aamir Khan together, it will also see a powerful villain. The director Rajkumar Santoshi has roped in Abhimanyu Singh as the villain of Lahore 1947.