Actor Rajpal Yadav found guilty of check fraud and sentenced to three months in prison. Archive | Photo credit: Sushil Kumar Verma.
The Delhi High Court on Friday (July 10, 2026) upheld actor Rajpal Yadav’s conviction in check bounce cases and sentenced him to three months in prison.
Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma also ordered Yadav to pay more than Rs 1 million to the complainant in each of the seven complaints.
The judge, however, clarified that around Rs 2 million already paid by the actor will be adjusted.
He also gave Yadav two months’ time to approach the appeal court against the decision.
A detailed copy of the ruling is awaited.
The court proceedings came in the wake of review petitions filed by Yadav and his wife challenging the 2019 decision of a sessions court, which upheld their conviction by a magistrate court in the bounced check cases in April 2018.
The court of first instance sentenced the actor to six months in prison.
In June 2024, the high court temporarily stayed his sentence, provided he took “sincere and genuine measures” to explore the possibility of reaching an amicable settlement with the opposing party.
At the time, Yadav’s lawyer had said that it was a genuine transaction to finance the production of a film, which failed at the box office, resulting in huge financial losses for Yadav.
However, on February 2, the court asked Yadav to surrender on February 4, observing that he had repeatedly failed to fulfill his undertakings before the court to repay the amount.
On February 16, the court suspended his sentence for the time being and allowed him to leave jail after depositing Rs 1.5 million in a complainant’s bank account.
Published – July 10, 2026 04:45 pm IST