Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma sentenced to three-months imprisonment in cheque bouncing case: Report

The Andheri Magistrate Court in Mumbai convicted filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma in a cheque bounce case and gave him a three-month jail sentence. This comes at a time when his classic 1998 film Satya has re-released in cinemas. The case has been going on for seven years and Varma was absent at the hearing.

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As per reports, the case was filed under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. As per the act, individuals will be penalised for cheque-bouncing cases. The court also ordered Varma to pay a penalty of Rs. 3.72 lakhs to the complainant or stay in jail for three more months.

The case was filed against Varma’s company by a firm named Shree through Maheshchandra Mishra in 2018. After the COVID-19 pandemic, Varma sold his office after financial troubles took over.

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Recently, Ram Gopal Varma expressed willingness to appear “digitally” before the Andhra Police in connection with his alleged offensive posts against chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu and others, his lawyer said in Hyderabad on Monday.

A case was booked against the director at Maddipadu police station in Prakasam district on November 11 for allegedly posting morphed photographs of Naidu, deputy chief minister Pawan Kalyan and their family members in an “indecent” manner on social media.

“There is no requirement for physical presence. Now Digital India has come. Likewise, digital policing has also come. So, (physical) presence is not required. Give us virtual mode (opportunity), we will cooperate virtually with the investigation,” the lawyer told reporters outside Varma’s Jubilee Hills residence in Hyderabad.