Court cancels non-bailable arrest warrant against Dutt
The Metropolitan Magistrate Court on Monday cancelled an arrest warrant against actor Sanjay Dutt. The actor appeared before the court two days after the non-bailable warrant was issued against him.
The warrant was issued after the actor, accused of threatening producer Shakeel Noorani through the underworld, failed to appear before the court despite summons sent to him.
On April 15, the magistrate court issued non-bailable warrant against actor Sanjay Dutt for not appearing before the court in connection with a criminal intimidation case. Shakeel Noorani filed a private complaint accusing Dutt of having gangsters threaten him.
Dutt’s advocate Subhash Jadhav said, “A communication lapse took place; that is why he could not appear before the court. Now onwards, Dutt would attend and be represented in all court hearings in this private complaint filed by Noorani.”
Dutt’s lawyer said they have not filed any exemption application for Dutt.
Noorani approached the court after alleging that the police had not taken any action after his complaint.
The producer’s lawyer, Neeraj Gupta, said Dutt was sent summons which he failed to response to. His legal team too did not reply, and the court issued the non-bailable warrant.
Noorani had filed a private complaint that the actor had failed to complete his movie ‘Jaan Ki Baazi’ in 2002 despite taking a signing amount of Rs 5 million.
Noorani, who also alleged threats by mafia at Dutt’s behest, sought a refund of the signing amount and the alleged losses of around Rs 2 crore suffered in the project.
Following this, Noorani contended he was receiving threat phone calls which were traced to Dubai and Karachi.
In 2013, before Dutt was sent to jail in a case relating to the Mumbai blasts of 1993, the court issued an arrest warrant. Later the actor sought bail.