Delhi High Court upheld the sentence of Rajpal Yadav, ordered 3 months jail each in 7 cases.

Delhi High Court on Friday upheld the conviction of actor Rajpal Yadav in several check bounce cases. The court said that he had failed to fulfill his repeated promises to resolve the dispute. Upholding the conviction, the court sentenced the actor to three months’ simple imprisonment on each of the seven counts, with all the sentences to run concurrently.According to LiveLaw, Justice Swarna Kanta Sharma upheld the sentence and modified the sentence earlier awarded by the sessions court. Yadav has also been directed to pay Rs 1.05 crore to the complainant in each of the seven check bounce cases. Additionally, the court ordered him to pay Rs 1.04 lakh and Rs 75,000 to the complainant, and Rs 25,000 to the state.

The high court also directed Yadav’s wife, Radha Yadav, to pay Rs 5,51,380 to the complainant in each case.The court made it clear that Rs 2.25 crore already deposited by the actor will be deducted from the total amount payable.This case pertains to the complaint filed by M/s Murali Projects Private Limited under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act regarding bounced cheque.

 

According to court records, Rajpal Yadav had borrowed Rs 5 crore from Delhi-based Murali Projects Pvt Ltd in 2010 for his directorial debut film ‘Aata Pata Lapata’. Released in 2012, the film flopped at the box office and the actor was unable to repay the loan, leading to a legal dispute that lasted for several years.

In 2018, a magistrate court convicted Yadav and his wife Radha Yadav under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act after seven checks issued by them bounced. He was sentenced to six months’ simple imprisonment. Later the Sessions Court also upheld this punishment, after which Yadav challenged this order in the Delhi High Court. By 2024, the outstanding amount had increased to Rs 9 crore. In May 2024, a sessions court convicted Yadav and sentenced him to six months in jail. Later, the Delhi High Court stayed his sentence after his lawyer assured that the dispute would be resolved; After this the matter was sent to Delhi High Court Mediation Centre.

 

However, the court found that despite repeated assurances and several postponements of the hearing, Yadav failed to deposit the amounts he had promised to pay, including Rs 2.5 crore in instalments.

In February 2026, the court ordered the actor to surrender for not following the High Court’s instructions. His plea seeking more time was rejected and he surrendered on 5 February.

Later, he got interim relief (suspension) from the punishment after the complainant deposited Rs 1.5 crore.On the work front, Yadav was last seen in ‘Welcome to the Jungle’ and ‘Bhoot Bangla’.