India, Feb. 5 -- The Delhi high court on Thursday refused to recall its order directing Bollywood actor Rajpal Yadav to surrender before the jail superintendent to serve his six-month sentence in cheque bounce cases, after he failed to comply with earlier directions of the court.

On February 2, the HC had ordered Yadav to surrender by February 4, sharply criticising him for repeatedly breaching undertakings given to the court to pay the settlement amount. On Wednesday, the court declined to grant him any further time and directed him to surrender by 4pm the same day. Yadav, however, did not comply with the direction.

On Thursday, Yadav appeared in person before a bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma along with his counsels Abhijat and ...