The film maker was convicted by the first class judicial magistrate in Andheri YP Pujari on January 21 for cheque bouncing under the provisions of the Negotiable Instruments Act.

After having been convicted for cheque bouncing case, filmmaker Ram Gopal Verma now wants to settle the dispute with a firm which supplied hard disks to Verma's firm in 2018.

The film maker was convicted by the first class judicial magistrate in Andheri YP Pujari on January 21 for cheque bouncing under the provisions of the Negotiable Instruments Act. He was sentenced to three months jail and was also directed to pay Rs3,72,219 to the complainant within three months. Verma's lawyer had approached the sessions court, challenging the verdict in February.

In his appeal Verma had claimed that the cheque was not issued by him. Pending the appeal, on Monday, Verma and the complainant had submitted a joint statement before the court stating that they now intend to settle their case before the Lok Adalat.

Hearing this the court has now adjourned the case in November, giving two opportunities to settle their dispute. The complaint of cheque bouncing was filed by a partnership firm namely Shree through one of its partners Mahesh Chandra Mishra in 2018.