Brief reprieve for Rajpal Yadav as Delhi HC suspends his sentence

Giving a temporary relief to Rajpal Yadav who languished in a Delhi jail from 3 to 6 December, the Delhi High Court suspended his sentence following his appeal against its single judge's order sending him to 10 days in jail for misleading the court in a recovery suit filed against him and his wife by a businessman. A single judge of the High Court had earlier suspended his sentence and granted him time till yesterday to file his statutory appeal. Following Yadav’s appeal, a bench of justices B D Ahmed and Vibhu Bakhru issued notice to Delhi-based company Murli Projects and sought its reply by 22 January, 2014. "In the meantime, the sentence will remain suspended till its further order," it said. Accepting the submission of Yadav's counsel that the actor has surrendered his passport to the Registrar General (RG) of the Delhi High Court and the condition that he cannot leave Delhi or India will not serve any purpose as he has to shoot for his projects the Court also relaxed a condition in which the single judge had directed Yadav not to leave Delhi or the country without its permission. "Appellant (Yadav) can complete his projects within India. However, he will not travel outside the country," the bench said. The Court also recorded an undertaking from Yadav that within a week he would give a cheque of Rs 20 lakh to Murli Projects.