Andheri court cancels non-bailable warrant against Sanjay Dutt in case with producer Shakeel Noorani

The Andheri magisterial court in Mumbai has cancelled the non-bailable arrest warrant against Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt on Monday.

Earlier the court has issued a non-bailable warrant for not appearing before it to answer a complaint of criminal intimidation filed by producer Shakeel Noorani.

Dutt, however, attributed his non-appearance before the court to a “communication lapse” between his counsel and those of Noorani and vowed to “rectify the situation.”

“We had sought an arrest warrant against Dutt for non-appearance. The court has allowed our application,” said advocate Neeraj Gupta, Noorani’s lawyer.

The next hearing will be on August 29.

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Noorani has filed a private complaint with the court demanding registration of a case against Dutt for criminal intimidation, which Dutt had abandoned midway in 2002 a film, ‘Jan ki Bazzi,’ which he was producing, said Noorani in his complaint, adding the actor did not even return the money already paid to him.

Noorani approached Indian Motion Pictures Producers Association which directed Dutt to pay back the money. Noorani later moved the Bombay High Court, seeking execution of the IMPPA’s order.

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In the meantime, he started receiving threatening calls from some underworld figures who asked him to withdraw the case, the producer alleged.

Earlier too a warrant had been issued against Dutt for non-appearance in this case, but he was granted bail.

Dutt, who was convicted under the Arms Act in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, was released from the jail last year.

(With Inputs from PTI)

Andheri court order copy:

In the meantime, he started receiving threatening calls from some underworld figures who asked him to withdraw the case, the producer alleged. Earlier too a warrant had been issued against Dutt for non-appearance in this case, but he was granted bail. Dutt, who was convicted under the Arms Act in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, was released from the jail last year.