Hyderabad: The Telangana Excessive Court on Friday stayed a cheating case registered in opposition to smartly-liked movie director Ram Gopal Varma at the Miyapur police position on a complaint by Sekhar Raju of Sekhara Arts, who alleged that the veteran had borrowed cash to the tune of `56 lakhs from him for producing a Telugu movie titled ‘Disha’.
In preserving with a court docket referred complaint, a case changed into booked in opposition to Varma below relevant IPC Sections at Miyapur police position.
In line with the complainant, Varma borrowed the amount from him for producing a movie ‘Disha’ in 2020 nonetheless later cheated him.
Senior counsel D.V. Sitharam Murthy appeared for Varma and submitted that Sekhar Raju finest approached his client bringing up that he meant to kind a movie and requested Varma to enlighten the identical. On this connection, the complainant transferred the stated quantity on three separate events.
It changed into submitted that the complainant expressed his incapacity to prefer any funds extra. As the making of movie changed into stalled within the center, Varma agreed to return the cash in case one more person produced the movie and upon the launch of the movie. The movie changed into later produced by one Anuraag Kancherla and Shekar Raju changed into the affiliate producer of the movie, which changed into mentioned within the trailer launched on September 26, 2020.
Livid by the case briefs, the Excessive Court stayed all extra lawsuits on the FIR filed in opposition to Varma and posted the matter for additonal hearing on June 17.
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