Ram Gopal Verma found guilty in bounced check case by Andheri court

Director Ram Gopal Varma has been found guilty in the seven-year-old check bouncing case. Mumbai’s Andheri High Court on Tuesday pronounced the sentence in the case. The court sentenced the director to three months in simple prison. This was revealed in a report by Telangana Today. According to the media outlet, after hearing the case for seven years, a Mumbai court issued a non-bailable arrest warrant in Verma’s name.

According to a report in Telangana Today, the director was found guilty by the court under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, which provides for punishment for “dishonor of a check for insufficiency of funds or account balance exceeding the prescribed amount. . The director will also have to pay ₹3.75 lakh as compensation to the complainant. If he fails to pay the amount within three months, he will be imprisoned for another three months.

A check bouncing case was filed against RGV Company in 2018 by a company named Shree through Maheshchandra Mishra. In June 2022, the director was released on bail after furnishing a personal bond and a security deposit of ₹5,000. The sentencing magistrate reportedly clarified that there would be no “compensation” under article 428 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, since RGV “was not in custody during the trial.”