"No Documentary Evidence," Rajkumar Santoshi's Lawyer Issues a Statement After Court's Verdict 

Rajkumar Santoshi was sentenced to 2 years in jail by the Jamnagar court in a cheque bounce case on Saturday. The filmmaker has denied all the charges and is willing to appeal in a higher court. Rajkumar Santoshi's advocate, Mr. Binesh Patel, has issued a statement on the same.

"First of all, the court has stayed its judgement for 30 days and granted Mr.Santoshi bail after we sought time to appeal against the judgement at a higher forum," Patel said.

"The prosecution didn't produce any documentary evidence to prove that Mr. Santoshi had taken any money at all. The prosecution itself has admitted that a third party had collected the said money from the complainant. In return, the third party had provided altered eleven cheques of Rs. 10 lakh each, of which Mr. Santoshi was not aware," the statement further added.

"The magisterial court overlooked these facts and ruled against us. Therefore, on the ground of invalid and false claims, alterations happened in the cheques due to the fact that the complainants do not want to present or call in the said third party who had collected the money, about which Mr.Santoshi does not know. So we shall appeal at a higher forum with the above highlighted points and even more," Mr. Patel concluded.