The Delhi High Court on Friday upheld actor Rajpal Yadav’s conviction in several check bounce cases registered against him. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 642]
While upholding the conviction and sentence, Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma also sentenced Yadav to a simple imprisonment term of three months in seven cases. All sentences have been ordered to be executed at the same time.
The actor was also ordered to pay Rs. 1.05 crores in each case to the complainant. Out of this fineRs. 1 Crore 4 Lakh 75 Thousand will also be paid to the complainant along with Rs. 25,000 to be paid to the State.
The court also ordered his wife, Radha Yadav, to pay Rs. 5 lakh 51 thousand 380 to the complainant in each case.
“Convict No. 1, Mrs. Shree Navrang Godawari Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. Ltd., having already been canceled of the registry of the Commercial Registry and Appropriate compensation has been ordered to be paid. by Convicts Nos. 2 and 3, he is reprimanded in all seven cases of denunciation, as directed by the learned Sessions Court,” the judge added.
The court said the sessions court had duly considered the amount already paid by Yadav to the complainant under the agreement and there was no defect on the part of the trial court in determining the fine.
Justice Sharma noted that during the pendency of the matter, Rs. 2.25 million rupees have already been paid and released in favor of the complainant and since it has also been received, the said amount will be duly adjusted while calculating the remaining amount of fine and compensation.
Further, the Court said that a predecessor court had expressed reluctance to consider the matter on merits, but since Yadav had stated that he was willing to amicably resolve the dispute, the Court showed leniency.
The Court said Yadav was given repeated opportunities to fulfill the agreement but failed to fulfill the commitments made. He also said that at the end of the process, Yadav refused to make any further payments to the complainant and in fact said he was willing to go to jail.
The Court has also given two months’ time to Yadav to challenge the verdict before the Supreme Court.
“Needless to say, in the event that a litigant wishes to choose the path of prison instead of fulfilling multiple commitments given by him before the Court, is entirely his choice. The law is not a script that can be rewritten at the will of an actor, nor can it be legal Positions will be altered with each strategy change, whatever the litigant may be. Courts rule on the basis of established legal rules. principles and the record before them, and apply the law equally to all, and expect fairness and respect for the judiciary from each litigant. process, the present litigant cannot be an exception to this rule,” said the Court
He also maintained that Yadav ddoes not deserve the discretionary benefit of parole under the Probation of Offenders Law.
Previously, the court had refused to send the actor to prison after as it had paid a substantial amount to the plaintiff. Yadav had moved to court challenging his conviction in the cases.
The interim order of suspension of sentence continued from time to time.
Earlier, the Court had directed the actor to immediately surrender before Jail Superintendent Tihar, while saying that the Court cannot be expected to show or create special circumstances for any person simply because he belongs to a particular background or industry.
On February 2, the Court had asked Yadav to surrender, after coming down heavily on him for repeatedly failing to fulfill undertakings made before the Court regarding payment of settlement amounts in cases of non-payment of cheques.
Justice Sharma had observed that the actor’s conduct “deserves to be disapproved”, noting that despite several opportunities and considerable leniency shown by the Court, Yadav failed to honor the payment commitments made to the complainant company, M/s Murli Projects Pvt. Ltd. Limited.
Title: SH. RAJPAL NAURANG YADAV & ANR vs. M/S. MURLI PROJECTS PVT. LTD & ANR and other related matters
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Deletion) 642
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