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  • Bharat Shah convicted under IPC by special court

    Bharat Shah convicted under IPC by special court

    MUMBAI: Film financier Bharat Shah, formerly co promoter of B4U Entertainment, has been convicted under the Indian Penal Code by a special court “for conniving with the underworld and targeting Bollywood personalities for personal gain.”

    The flamboyant Shah, last spotted by the media at filmstar Karisma Kapoor’s wedding in Mumbai yesterday, was found guilty under section 118 IPC (concealing design to facilitate crime) read with 387 IPC (extortion), says a PTI report.

    However, the court acquitted him of the charges under Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) due to `doubtful evidence but convicted him on other counts. The judge gave Shah the benefit of doubt as the ‘panchnama’ (a certificate signed by five persons) drawn by police to record the alleged telephonic talk between him and Shakeel on October 27, 2000, was “doubtful”, according to agency reports.

    Shah was convicted along with producer Nasim Rizvi and his assistant Abdul Rahim Allah Baksh.

    Justice AP Bhangale acquitted co-accused and Dubai-based businessman Mohammed Shamshuddin alias Bhatija of the charges for lack of evidence. The court will decide on the quantum of punishment after hearing all parties tomorrow, says the PTI report.

    Both Shah and Rizvi were first arrested in January 2001 for their alleged links with underworld don Chhota Shakeel in the production of the Bollywood potboiler Chori Chori Chupke Chupke and conspiring with him to kill film personalities. Shah was the financier of the film. Shah has been disassociated with B4U ever since.

    While B4U was initially floated by Shah, industrialist Kishore Lulla and UK based steel magnate Lakshmi N Mittal, Mittal had withdrawn his stake from the entertainment network after Shah’s arrest in 2001.

  • 15 months after arrest, apex court grants bail to Bharat Shah

    15 months after arrest, apex court grants bail to Bharat Shah

    Fifteen months after big-time film financier and diamond trader Bharat Shah was incarcerated due to his alleged connections to the underworld, the Supreme Court garanted him bail yesterday. 

    Shah was arrested on 8 January 2001 for his alleged links with underworld mafia don Chhota Shakeel under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA).

    The Supreme Court directed Shah to furnish a bail bond of Rs 100,000 and two sureties of like amount and directed him to surrender his mobile phone to investigating agencies. Shah’s passport, which was surrendered to the trial court, will not be released without the court’s permission. 

    The Supreme Court has ordered an expeditious trial in the case.

    At that time of his arrest, the Mumbai police exposed his alleged connections with Pakistan-based gangster Chhota Shakeel in the making of the film Chori Chori Chupke Chupke.

    Shah’s links to B4U Multimedia, in which he had a 92 per cent stake, forced B4U to transfer all its assets and functions to another group company B4U Television Networks on 1 April 2001.

    Shah holds no equity in B4U Television networks. B4U Multimedia was in fact another name for Shah’s own company VIP enterprises and had been promoted to further the B4U’s plans to come out with an IPO. 

  • SC sets 2 April for final hearing on Bharat Shah bail plea

    SC sets 2 April for final hearing on Bharat Shah bail plea

    The fate of big-time film financier Bharat Shah, who has been incarcerated since early last year due to his alleged connections to the underworld, is to be decided on 2 April, the Supreme Court ruled yesterday.

    A two-judge bench of the Supreme Court yesterday adjourned final hearing on Shah’s bail plea after his counsel said he would be challenging the constitutionality of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), reports state. Shah is currently being held in custody under MCOCA.

    Shah has already made four bail applications in the designated MCOCA court which were rejected. Four more applications in the Mumbai High Court were also rejected. It was following the series of denials that Shah moved a special leave petition (SLP) in the Apex Court in November last year.

    The diamond jeweller was arrested in January last year. At that time the Mumbai police exposed his alleged connection with Pakistan-based gangster Chhota Shakeel in the making of the film Chori Chori Chupke Chupke.

  • 15 months after arrest, apex court grants bail to Bharat Shah

    15 months after arrest, apex court grants bail to Bharat Shah

    Fifteen months after big-time film financier and diamond trader Bharat Shah was incarcerated due to his alleged connections to the underworld, the Supreme Court garanted him bail yesterday.

    Shah was arrested on 8 January 2001 for his alleged links with underworld mafia don Chhota Shakeel under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA).

    The Supreme Court directed Shah to furnish a bail bond of Rs 100,000 and two sureties of like amount and directed him to surrender his mobile phone to investigating agencies. Shah’s passport, which was surrendered to the trial court, will not be released without the court’s permission.

    The Supreme Court has ordered an expeditious trial in the case.

    At that time of his arrest, the Mumbai police exposed his alleged connections with Pakistan-based gangster Chhota Shakeel in the making of the film Chori Chori Chupke Chupke.

    Shah’s links to B4U Multimedia, in which he had a 92 per cent stake, forced B4U to transfer all its assets and functions to another group company B4U Television Networks on 1 April 2001.

    Shah holds no equity in B4U Television networks. B4U Multimedia was in fact another name for Shah’s own company VIP enterprises and had been promoted to further the B4U’s plans to come out with an IPO.