New Delhi April 23 (IANS) A court here on Monday sentenced Bollywood actor-comedian Rajpal Yadav convicted of failing to repay a a loan of Rs 5 crore taken by his company to make a movie to six months jail.
It also slapped a fine of Rs 11.2 crore on him observing that Yadav was convicted in seven case of bouncing cheques and said that he will pay a fine of Rs 1.6 crore for each case.
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Amit Arora however showed leniency to the actor s wife Radha Yadav asking her to pay a fine of Rs 10 lakh.
The court later granted him bail on furnishing of a personal bond of Rs 50 000.
Delhi-based company Murli Projects had filed a case against Yadav s company Shree Naurang Godavari Entertainment for failing to repay a loan of Rs 5 crore which the actor took in 2010 to make his Hindi debut directional film "Ata Pata Laapata".
--IANS
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