Interim aid for Sanjay in Noorani case, pays penalty to cancel non-appearance warrant
Mumbai: A bailable warrant had been issued to actor Sanjay Dutt yesterday for his non-appearance before the court in a matter pertaining to alleged threats to filmmaker Shakeel Noorani.
The actor appeared before Andheri court today and Mumbai court cancelled the bailable warrant against him, which came as an interim relief to the actor.
He was accompanied by his film ‘Bhoomi’s’ producer Sandeep Singh for the hearing.
According to our sources, Sanjay Dutt’s lawyer pleaded the court to excuse their client from attending every hearing session of the court, owing to his busy work schedule.
However, the court refused to abide by their proposal and ordered Sanjay to mark his presence at every hearing.
Sanjay paid a penalty of Rs. 500 to get his arrest warrant cancelled.
He was present in the court for exact eleven minutes and then made a silence exit.
His next hearing is on April 29, 2017.
What is the entire case?
Advocate Gupta, Noorani’s lawyer quoted ANI as saying, “The case is that my client was producing a film in 2009 named ‘Jaan Ki Baazi’ wherein Sanjay Dutt was cast for lead role and a huge amount was also paid to him, but he didn’t come for the shooting therefore the film could not be completed… Noorani thereafter filed a complaint before producer’s associations. The association directed Dutt to play a certain amount to Noorani, since Dutt did not pay such amount. So Noorani filed a petition before High Court.”
The lawyer told ANI that after the High Court attached Dutt’s properties in the case; Noorani allegedly received threatening calls from the underworld.
Speaking about the arrest warrant that they issued against Sanjay yesterday, he said, “Since for so many days Sanjay Dutt was not appearing before the court, therefore we made an application for the issuance of warrant. And considering continuous absence in the court, today the court was pleased to issue an arrest warrant against Dutt.”
Sanjay Dutt has a biopic made on him titled 'Dutt', which features Ranbir Kapoor as him.
Sanju baba, called lovingly by his fans will next be seen in 'Bhoomi'.
