Film producer Gaurang Doshi convicted in dowry case

Doshi was not available for his comment. His lawyer Rishi Bhutta,said the order will be challenged in a higher court.

“Neither me nor Gaurang were present in the court when the judgement was delivered. Gaurang had gone abroad in February after seeking permission of the Bombay High Court and returned on June 30. He was not aware that the judgement would be delivered today,” Bhutta told PTI.

Doshi was sentenced to three years’ RI under section 498A IPC and asked to pay fine of Rs 5,000. He was also sentenced to undergo one year RI under section 323 for

voluntarily causing hurt to his wife Madhuri.

Besides,Doshi was awarded three years RI for committing criminal breach of trust by not returning articles belonging to his wife which she had brought as dowry. All the sentences would run concurrently.

Madhuri filed a police complaint on March 2,2005,against Doshi following which an FIR was registered. Her lawyer Satish Maneshinde argued that Doshi had demanded Rs five lakh from Madhuri as dowry and would often beat her up when she failed to fulfil his other dowry demands.

Doshi’s daughter was one of the witnesses on which the prosecution relied upon to prove the charges of cruelty against the accused. She told the court that her mother was assaulted several times by Doshi.

Doshi had produced Amitabh Bachchan starrers like “Aankhen” and “Deewaar”.