Vinod Sehwag, Brother of Former Cricketer Virender Sehwag, Arrested by Chandigarh Police in Cheque Bounce Case

Former India cricketer Virender Sehwag's brother has been arrested by the Chandigarh Police. Vinod Sehwag, brother of Virender Sehwag, was arrested by the PO Cell team of Chandigarh Police. According to reports, the police arrested him in connection with a cheque bounce case. The police presented the accused, Vinod Sehwag, in court, where his advocate immediately filed a bail application. However, the police opposed the bail plea. A verdict in the case is yet to be delivered.

Vinod Sehwag, brother of former Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag, is facing a case in a Chandigarh district court regarding a cheque bounce incident involving Rs 7 crore. The case was filed by Baddi-based company Shree Naina Plastics against Delhi-based Jalta Food and Beverages and its three directors—Vinod Sehwag, Vishnu Mittal, and Sudhir Malhotra. Last year, the lower court had summoned all three directors, including Vinod Sehwag, to appear as accused in court. However, he has now filed a revision petition in the sessions court against the summoning order, claiming that his inclusion as an accused is incorrect. He asserts that he is neither a director nor an employee of the company and has no role in its day-to-day affairs.

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Vikas Sagar, counsel for Shree Naina Plastics, stated that Jalta Company had placed an order to procure materials from his client’s company, worth approximately Rs 7 crore. In exchange, the company issued seven bank cheques of ₹1 crore each to the complainant company in June 2018. However, when the complainant company deposited these cheques, they bounced due to insufficient funds. The complainant informed Jalta Company, but after two months, when the cheques were still not cleared, a legal notice was served to the company and its directors, demanding payment within 15 days. Even after the legal notice, the company failed to make the payment, prompting the complainant to file a cheque bounce case.

Earlier, the lower court had summoned the three accused, including Vinod Sehwag, to appear in court, but they failed to do so. As a result, the court first issued bailable warrants and later non-bailable warrants for their arrest. Despite this, they did not appear in court, leading to the initiation of proceedings to declare them fugitives (PO proceedings). Eventually, on 22nd July 2019, Vinod Sehwag appeared in court and was granted bail on a surety of Rs 2 lakh. He then challenged the summoning order in the sessions court in October 2019.