Advocate Rizwan Merchant, representing actor Sunny Deol, has refuted charges of ‘cheating, forgery and criminal breach of trust’ brought against the Bollywood star by first-time producer Sourav Gupta, who alleged that a contract had been signed between him and Sunny in 2016 and a significant amount of money had changed hands, but the agreement had not been honoured. While Gupta claimed that he had filed an FIR against Sunny at the Juhu police station, Merchant told DC in an exclusive interview, “An offence has been registered against Sunny Deol. An ordinary complaint has been received by the Juhu Police station-Mumbai.
Police will conduct an inquiry under CrPC. Sunny Deol is a non-applicant and not an accused because no FIR has been registered against him.” (Gupta had said that he had signed a contract with Sunny Deol as the lead player in a movie, and he had paid the star some money, but the actor had wanted repeated changes to the script, and directors, delaying the project, which had ultimately failed to materialise.
) The advocate claimed that the contract had been drafted in 2016 between Sunny Deol and Sourav Gupta, mentioning all monetary compensation and legal consequences likely to ensue if either party failed to honour their commitment. From 2016 to 2024 the contract has not been performed. He also claimed that under the contract, Sunny Deol was to be paid certain monies as compensation.
When the compensation was not given, a demand notice was sent to Sourav G.
