The Delhi High Court made it clear on Wednesday Rajpal Yadav they wouldn’t take him to jail, even though he vacated a previous interim order that suspended his sentence in a check-bouncing case.Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, who observed that the complainant was refusing to issue directions on the plea filed by him, sought to quash the stay order. During the hearing, the complainant’s lawyer stated that “the request for a vacation to suspend the sentence is also being processed.“Responding to this, Justice Sharma said, “I find no reason. He is not running away. He is still here. He is not running away. Kahin nahi jaa rahe (He is not going anywhere).”Earlier, on February 16, the court granted interim relief to Yadav by suspending his sentence, which freed him after being in custody since February 5.During the proceedings, Yadav appeared in person to present his case. This led to objections from the complainant’s lawyer, who argued that the actor was turning the matter into a media spectacle. “Either he (Yadav) should argue, or his counsel,” the lawyer said.Justice Sharma, however, dismissed concerns about media coverage, saying, “Media trial ka kya hai wo to har ek cheez ka hota rehta hai. Mujhe koi fark nahi padta. Main media dekhti hi nahi hu media mein kya hota hai… meri kaan, aankhein sab band hoti hai. Mere an liye is ligand of ordinary you are trials? I don’t care about media at all... whatever happens in the media, their ears and eyes are closed. For me, he (Yadav) is an ordinary litigant. You are a common litigant.’He further clarified that Yadav was not heard because of his celebrity status. “Just because he is an actor main inko nahi sun rahi hu. Main to koi bhi litigant aate hain unko bhi sunti hu. Aap inko importance de rahe ho. Aur ek baat aur hai ki us litigant ne nahi bola ki main so and so hu (I am not him listen to just because he is an actor. I listen to every litigant that did you litigant that other litigant that you do you litigant that gives thing. So and so I am)” added he hadThe board has now scheduled the case for April 1 and has indicated that it will try to conclude the case. He further stated that if Yadav intends to settle the dispute and return the relevant amount, he should come back with a formal proposal.The 55-year-old actor recently got interim bail from the Delhi High Court in the same case, and was granted relief till March 18 so that he could attend his niece’s wedding in Shahjahanpur.
