Published 20:52 IST, September 20th 2019
Boney Kapoor granted relief in fraud case, High court quashes FIR
An FIR against Boney Kapoor related to a fraud case was quashed. He was accused of duping an investor in a cricket league. The Rajasthan HC granted relief.
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Boney Kapoor has been granted relief as the Rajasthan High Court has ordered the quashing of a First Information Report (FIR) against the film producer. The case was registered after Boney Kapoor and two others were accused of duping an investor with regards to a celebrity cricket league. Justice Pankaj Bhandari ordered the quashing of the FIR against Boney Kapoor on the basis of the appeal filed by Boney Kapoor. However, the decision doesn’t extend to the other two persons, Pravin Jhangid and Mustafa Raj, who were accused in the case. The case will continue for the other two persons in the court.
The Case
The FIR had been registered after the complaint from Pravin Shyam Sethi at the Pratap Nagar police station on June 17. He had accused the trio of duping him of crores of rupees (Rs 2.5 crore reportedly) on the pretext of the Celebrity Cricket League. The court noted that Boney Kapoor was not directly involved with the case and there was no concrete case regarding the monetary transactions related to the matter. It was noted that Boney Kapoor had never stated that he was directly involved in the case. The other point made was that his name was used for the alleged new investments.
Professional front:
Boney Kapoor, husband of late legendary actress Sridevi, recently produced the Tamil film ‘Nerkonda Parvaai’ starring superstar Ajith. The film was a success at the box office. The movie, directed by H Vinoth and also starring Shraddha Srinath, Abhirami Venkatachalam, Andrea Tariang and Vidya Balan in a cameo, was the remake of Hindi hit ‘Pink’. The original starred Amitabh Bachchan, Taapsee Pannu, Kirti Kulhari and Andrea Tariang and had also won the National Award. Boney Kapoor is set to produce ‘Maidaan’, a football-based film starring Ajay Devgn and Keerthy Suresh. The movie will be directed by ‘Badhaai Ho’ fame Amit Sharma. Incidentally, Boney is also producing the remake of ‘Badhaai Ho.’
Meanwhile, Boney Kapoor’s children, Janhvi Kapoor, Khushi Kapoor Arjun Kapoor are always a part of the headlines. Janhvi has signed multiple films including ‘Takht’, ‘Dostana 2’, ‘RoohiAfza’ and ‘Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl’. Arjun Kapoor will be seen in Ashutosh Gowariker’s ‘Panipat’. Khushi Kapoor recently went to New York to study films and it is being reported, she too will follow her sister’s footsteps.
Updated 21:02 IST, September 20th 2019
