Ram Gopal Varma Arrested, Court Issues Non-Bailable Warrant In Cheque Bounce Case

Ram Gopal Varma, who announced his film Syndicate, was imprisoned for three months over a cheque bounce case. A day before announcing the film, the Andheri Magistrate Court declared the verdict after the case was in court for seven years. On Tuesday, the Magistrate ordered issuing a standing non-bailable warrant against the Satya director for his arrest. Reportedly, he didn’t attend the hearing.

As per reports, the court found Ram guilty under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. It penalises cheque dishonour due to insufficient funds or exceeding the account’s arranged amount. The court also instructed him to pay Rs 3.72 lakhs as compensation to the complainant within three months. If failed to comply with the order, it would lead to an additional three months of imprisonment.

Magistrate Y.P. Pujari said, “No question of set-off under Section 428 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 as the accused has not spent any period in custody during the trial.”

In 2018, an organisation named Shree filed a case against Ram Gopal Varma’s firm through Maheshchandra Mishra. The court granted bail in 2022 after he provided a personal bond and a cash security of Rs 5,000.

On Wednesday, the filmmaker announced his new film Syndicate. Ram’s tweet read, “It’s about a terrifying organisation which threatens the very EXISTENCE of INDIA. The CONCEPT STREET GANGS which flourished till the 70s were finished when they got absorbed into hardline political parties and later when the SMUGGLERS rose up due to heavy demand for electronic goods, gold etc, they too were destroyed by the economic reforms, and then the deadly corporate gangs like D COMPANY etc arrived, to be once again victoriously CRUSHED. Similarly, the early BLACK SEPTEMBER terrorists paled in comparison to the DEADLY ALQAEDA, which in turn looked like nothing in front of the HORRIFIC ISIS group.”

He added, “There has been no notable criminal organisation since the last 10 to 15 years in India, but right now the intense polarisation between various in the country makes the timing ripe for a new kind of criminal organisation to rise. But unlike the organisations of the past this new organisation joins forces from various groups including POLICING AGENCIES, POLITICOS, ULTRA RICH BUSINESS MEN and also the MILITARY thus making it a SYNDICATE.”

He concluded saying, “ONLY MAN CAN BE THE MOST TERRIFYING ANIMAL.”

"This sets the stage for a chain of unimaginable but highly intricately calculated events, orchestrated by a shadowy organisation called the SYNDICATE whose only goal is to REPLACE INDIA WITH A NEW INDIA. SYNDICATE will be a very SCARY FILM not due to any supernatural elements, but because it will SCARILY expose, what HORRORS HUMAN BEINGS CAN DO. The film will deeply dwell into the cyclical nature of crime and terror proving that while we have our victories the DARK TRUTH is that CRIME and TERROR NEVER DIE.”

The cast of Syndicate is yet to be announced.

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