The court refused to take note of his plea that he cannot repay as his film bombed at the box-office.
No respite for Bollywood actor Rajpal Yadav after the Supreme Court directed him to surrender to serve the remaining six out of 10 days of the jail term, awarded by a court here, on contempt charge for filing an affidavit to mislead the court.
The court refused to take note of his plea that he cannot repay as his film bombed at the box-office.
A bench headed by Justice Kurian Joseph said, "...We were thinking of sending you to jail for six months."
The actor has moved the apex court challenging the the Delhi High Court verdict asking him to surrender before Tihar Jail to serve out the remainder six days of the total 10-day imprisonment awarded to him in 2013 for filing a false affidavit in court.
Yadav had spent four days in jail from December 3, 2013 till December 6, 2013.
During the hearing , Yadav's counsel told the bench that his client has no money to pay back as his last movie "BHOPAL: A prayer for rain" also failed at the box office.
On July 25, the apex court had pulled up Yadav for not paying money despite giving repeated undertakings before court, saying his conduct in the case was "inexplicable".
The High court had upheld the sentence awarded by a single judge in December 2013, saying Yadav's "failure to follow procedure cannot be countenanced" as despite being given adequate time to explain his conduct "he resorted to falsehood".
The contempt action was initiated against the actor for misleading the court in a recovery suit filed against him and his wife by a businessman.
A Delhi-based businessman M G Agarwal, owner of Murli Projects, had filed a recovery suit against the actor and his wife for failing to repay a loan of Rs five crore which Yadav had taken in 2010 to make his directorial debut film 'Ata Pata Laapata' in 2012.
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