Bollywood celebs and their brush with the law in 2013

They say karma eventually catches up with you Well law is quicker in this particular race especially if the parties in question are famous What happens later with the system influence on the defendantsrsquo part as usual remains debatable but as a starter itrsquos encouraging to see even the celebrities go through the regular grind when caught on the undesired side of law For instance actor Rajpal Yadav was recently sent straightway to jail for fraud However itrsquos also worth noting that celebs arenrsquot always wrong Sometimes they are wronged as well HitList points out instances from both ends of the spectrum that happened in 2013hellip Underworld calling Boney Kapoor Sonu Nigam Akshay Kumar and Karan Johar Crime scenario Just when we were made to believe that Mumbairsquos underworld has bid goodbye to Bollywood some BTown folks started receiving calls and SMSes filled with extortion and death threats of course from the mafia Producer Boney Kapoor and singer Sonu Nigam were the earliest to register a complaint Later Akshay Kumar and Karan Johar too pointed out that they were being harassed by organised crime syndicates in the city Sanjay Dutt jailed Crime scenario In March the Supreme Court upheld Dutt39s fiveyear sentence 18 months of which he had already spent in jail during thje trial for possessing illegal arms during the 1993 bomb blasts He was granted four weeks to surrender to the authorities So much so in midMay Dutt withdrew his longpending mercy plea and finally surrendered to the Mumbai Police Presently serving his sentence he was allowed to leave on an extended parole in October on medical grounds Shruti Haasanrsquos stalker Crime scenario Last month the Bandra police arrested Ashok Shankar Trimukhe accused of stalking Shruti Haasan He was booked under Indian Penal Code sections 452 house trespass after preparation for hurt assault or wrongful restraint 354 assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty and 354D stalking He reportedly tried to force his way in and touched her shoulder when Shruti answered the door bell of her Bandra flat She later filed an FIR Om Purirsquos 39domestic abuse39 Crime scenario The critically acclaimed actor was booked under Section 324 punishment for causing hurt by dangerous means Section 504 Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace and Section 506 criminal intimidation of the Indian Penal Code for allegedly assaulting his wife Nandita at his apartment in Andheri She complained that he assaulted her with a wooden stick He was initially declared absconding but later filed an anticipatory bail Sana Khan kidnap case Crime scenario The Bombay High Court refused to a quash a police case against the actress for her alleged involvement in the kidnapping of a minor girl with whom her nephew was romantically involved in As per the evidence shown at the court Sanarsquos car was used in the crime The actress who rose to fame thanks to Bigg Boss was earlier granted anticipatory bail in June Regardless she will be starring opposite Salman Khan in the upcoming film Jai Ho The Jiah Khan case Crime scenario This murdersuicide episode still remains a mystery with new twists adding to the intrigue every passing month When the young actress was found dead in her apartment and a suicide note found few days later an abortion and the resulting depression were considered to be the trigger As a result Sooraj Pancholi who was allegedly in a livein relationship with Jiah was taken into custody However he was later granted bail Vindu Dara Singh arrested Crime scenario Mumbai police nabbed Vindu Dara Singh for suspected links with those involved in the alleged spotfixing during Indian Premier League According to the police the actor had links to bookies who were arrested in the crackdown With Vindursquos arrest the cricketunderworldBollywood triorsquos culpability in betting took formidable shape Akshaye Khanna cheated Crime scenario All those wondering where has this lsquoseriousrsquo actor disappeared all of a sudden were greeted with unpleasant news in October Turns out Akshaye was reportedly duped of Rs 50 lakh after being promised quick and huge returns from investments in the commodity market The crime branch of Mumbai police got into action and investigated the complaint filed by him at the Malabar police station Samir Karnik tax evasion Crime scenario Bollywood producer and director was arrested by Service Tax Department for alleged tax evasion of Rs 118 crore and was later released on bail by a court The antievasion team found that Karnik had provided copyright services for R1150 crore to a film distribution company in respect of Yamla Pagla Deewana Sunny Deol too was accused in the case but he was not arrested as he paid R86 lakh out of the R195 crore tax demand against his firm SantoshiNadiadwala fallout Crime scenario Not only actors even producers have their share of tiffs over films and the commerce behind them In August Sajid Nadiadwala reportedly barged into Rajkumar Santoshirsquos home threatening him and thus creating a scene Due to which Santoshi ended up filing an FIR against him That was then The latest development in their threeyearlong dispute is that they have finally made peace with each other Leela Maria Paulrsquos arrest Crime scenario This Southern actress who made her Bollywood debut with John Abrahamrsquos Madras Cafe was arrested for illegal possession of arms fraud and conspiracy After her arrest in May she was granted conditional bail in July At the time of her arrest the Keralaborn starlet along with her partnerincrime boyfriend Sukash Chandrasekhar had nine luxury cars worth Rs 20 crore in their possession Hear hear Some cases against actors that are or were pending gtgt A 2008 assault case against Govinda was ultimately squashed last month The actor had slapped a fan of his for getting too close following which the fan filed a complaint However the court ruled in the actorrsquos favour gtgt The sessions court in Mumbai will decide today whether there should be a fresh trial with fresh evidence in the 2002 case against actor Salman Khan after graver charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder was added gtgt Sonali Bendre and Tabu were produced on Monday before a court in Jodhpur by the defence for their identification by a witness in the black buck poaching case of 1998 Interestingly the eyewitness turned hostile by refusing to identify gtgt In September the Bombay High Court said the complaint filed by a social activist against Shah rukh khan and his wife Gauri accusing the couple of conducting sex determination of their surrogate child was unfoundedu00a0