<p>Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court on Monday granted ad-interim bail to film director Rajkumar Santoshi in a cheque bounce case in which he was sentenced to one year in jail by a court in Rajkot in 2022.</p><p>Justice MR Mengdey, while granting ad-interim bail, noted that Santoshi had already deposited a sum of Rs 6 lakh before the session court in Rajkot against the order of conviction under Negotiable Instruments Act (NI Act).</p><p>The HC asked him to deposit the remaining amount of Rs 16.5 lakh before the registry within a period of one week.</p>.Mohanlal wraps shooting of 'L2: Empuraan', hails film as 'remarkable chapter'.<p>The court also issued notice to the respondents returnable on February 13.</p><p>Santoshi, a director, producer and scriptwriter, is well known for action blockbusters like "Ghayal" and "Ghatak", the court drama "Damini" and the iconic comedy film "Andaz Apna Apna".</p><p>The sessions court at Rajkot had, on March 31, 2022, convicted him under section 138 of the NI Act and had sentenced him to simple imprisonment of one year.</p>.<p>In his plea challenging the sessions court order, Santoshi said it was "wrongly, erroneously and illegally" passed and requested it to be quashed.</p><p>The complainant in the case had claimed his wife had transferred Rs 20 lakh to Santoshi in 2010 and was supposed to get Rs 60 lakh as compensation.</p><p>The filmmaker has repaid Rs 37.5 lakh, Santoshi's lawyer Bahdrish Raju told court.</p><p>Of the remaining Rs 22.5 lakh remaining, a sum of Rs 6 lakh has been deposited in the Rajkot court, while a demand draft is ready for the balance Rs 16.5 lakh, Raju said. </p>
<p>Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court on Monday granted ad-interim bail to film director Rajkumar Santoshi in a cheque bounce case in which he was sentenced to one year in jail by a court in Rajkot in 2022.</p><p>Justice MR Mengdey, while granting ad-interim bail, noted that Santoshi had already deposited a sum of Rs 6 lakh before the session court in Rajkot against the order of conviction under Negotiable Instruments Act (NI Act).</p><p>The HC asked him to deposit the remaining amount of Rs 16.5 lakh before the registry within a period of one week.</p>.Mohanlal wraps shooting of 'L2: Empuraan', hails film as 'remarkable chapter'.<p>The court also issued notice to the respondents returnable on February 13.</p><p>Santoshi, a director, producer and scriptwriter, is well known for action blockbusters like "Ghayal" and "Ghatak", the court drama "Damini" and the iconic comedy film "Andaz Apna Apna".</p><p>The sessions court at Rajkot had, on March 31, 2022, convicted him under section 138 of the NI Act and had sentenced him to simple imprisonment of one year.</p>.<p>In his plea challenging the sessions court order, Santoshi said it was "wrongly, erroneously and illegally" passed and requested it to be quashed.</p><p>The complainant in the case had claimed his wife had transferred Rs 20 lakh to Santoshi in 2010 and was supposed to get Rs 60 lakh as compensation.</p><p>The filmmaker has repaid Rs 37.5 lakh, Santoshi's lawyer Bahdrish Raju told court.</p><p>Of the remaining Rs 22.5 lakh remaining, a sum of Rs 6 lakh has been deposited in the Rajkot court, while a demand draft is ready for the balance Rs 16.5 lakh, Raju said. </p>