Jamnagar

Sessions court in Jamnagar has given six month imprisonment to filmmaker Mehul Kumar in check bounce case.

Mehul Kumar’s original name is Muhammad Hussai Bloch. He started his film career with Gujarati film Santu Jamanar and then made Meru Malan, Dhola Maru etc Gujarati films. He earned fame nationally by making Hindi films like Marte Dam Tak, Triranga and Krantivir. He constructed a multiplex theater Mehulmex but later handed over it to other company. Mehul Kumar was slapped with Rs 1.14 crore fine and 2 year jail term in another check bounce case by Jaipur court last year.

Kumar was arrested earlier in fraud case filed in Jamnagar. A case was filed by Jayantilal Gada of Popular Entertainment Networks Ltd. (PEN Ltd). Gada had lent Rs.6 crore to Kumar in 2000 to make two films, however, Kumar used half of the funds to build a mall in Jamnagar, Gujarat. “I had given Mehul a total of Rs. 6 crore to make two films. With Rs.3 crore, he made ‘Kitne Door Kitne Paas’ (2002) and then he took Rs.3 crore for his second film, which never went on floors.He went and spent Rs.4 crore meant to make a film, on building a mall in his home town in Jamnagar,” Gada told.

PTI reports: A court in Jamnagar today sentenced Bollywood director and producer Mehul Kumar to six months in jail in a cheque bounce case.

Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Altaf Memon handed down the sentence along with a fine of Rs 5,000 to Kumar who is known for delivering hit films such as “Tiranga” and “Krantiveer”.

The court, however, stayed his sentence for a month to enable him to challenge the order in a higher court.

Kumar had given a signed cheque of Rs 63,805 to complainant Jagdish Asra, who is a manager at Jamnagar-based Arcadia Shipping and Trading Company, in 2008. The cheque, however, bounced due to insufficient funds in Kumar’s bank account.

Asra then filed a criminal complaint under section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act for dishonour of the cheque.

Kumar is credited with having produced, directed and written over three dozen films both in Hindi and Gujarati.

Some of his notable movies including “Tiranga,” “Marte Dam Tak,” “Kohram” and “Krantiveer”.

He has worked with Bollywood actors such as Amitabh Bachchan, Nana Patekar, Akshay Kumar, Madhuri Dixit Nene, Dimple Kapadia among others.

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