The city-based Deccan Cements Limited had filed the criminal case, complaining that the cheques for Rs 1 crore issued by Geekay Exim (India) Limited towards repayment of an inter-corporate deposit had bounced in 1998.
Deccan Cements named Dilip Kumar as one of the key accused since he was the chairman of Geekay Exim when the cheques were issued. The complaint was filed against 11 accused, charging them with offences under sections 138 and 142 of the Negotiable Instruments Act.
Geekay had taken an inter-corporate deposit of Rs 1 crore from Deccan Cements in 1997. When the cheques issued by the company for repayment bounced, the Deccan Cements sent a statutory legal notice in June 1998 and followed it up with a criminal case in the court of 14th additional chief metropolitan magistrate.
The magistrate had directed the police to produce Dilip Kumar, listed as accused number 2, along with 10 others on February 8.
The Mumbai police could not execute the warrant claiming that Dilip Kumar was not available. Subsequently, the court issued the NBW against Dilip Kumar and other accused.