India, March 7 -- The Dindoshi sessions court has issued a non-bailable warrant (NBW) against filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma in connection with a 2018 cheque bouncing case. Additional sessions judge AA Kulkarni on Tuesday issued the NBW and rejected his plea for suspending the 3-month jail sentence handed down to him by a magistrate court in January this year.

The sessions court, however, allowed Varma to make the application for suspension of the sentence and to apply for bail by appearing in person on the next date.

The case stems from a complaint filed in 2018 by 'Shree', a firm involved in supply of hard disks. As per the complaint, Shree had provided hard disks worth Rs.2.38 lakh to Varma's company and was paid for it via a cheque issue...