{
  "id": 17091205,
  "title": "Mumbai: Dindoshi Sessions Court Rejects Anticipatory Bail Of 3 Production Executives In Alleged ₹3.92 Crore Financial Irregularities Case",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/mumbai-dindoshi-sessions-court-rejects-anticipatory-bail-of-3",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-29T16:32:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/mumbai-dindoshi-sessions-court-rejects-anticipatory-bail-of-3-production-executives-in-alleged-392-crore-financial-irregularities-case"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On October 29, 2026, the Dindoshi Sessions Court in Mumbai rejected the anticipatory bail applications of Kuldeep Singh Champawat, Mahipal Karan Rathore, and Shivkumar Tiwari. The three production executives are accused of financial irregularities totaling ₹3.92 crore in the making of the Hindi film Naagzilla. According to the prosecution, the case dates back to October 30, 2025, when Mahaveer Jain Films signed an agreement with Dharma Productions Pvt Ltd for the film's production, with a budget of ₹82.50 crore. An accountant with the company, Tukaram Mahadev Sawant, alleged that production executives Champawat, Rathore, and Tiwari, acting together, circumvented standard operating procedures and spent ₹3.92 crore without proper documentation. However, the defence argued that the accused were merely consultants and had no authority over financial matters. The court, citing prima facie evidence of the accused's alleged involvement, ordered their custodial interrogations to investigate the financial transactions further.",
  "summary": "Mumbai, October 29, 2026: The sessions court in Dindoshi has rejected the anticipatory bail applications of three film production executives accused of alleged financial irregularities amounting to ₹3.92 crore during the production of the upcoming Hindi film Naagzilla . The three executives whose anticipatory bail applications were rejected are Kuldeep Singh Champawat (47), a consultant appointed…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}