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Today, a single judge bench of the Bombay High Court, comprising Justice PD Naik, issued notice to two individuals who deceived Bollywood Producer Rakesh Roshan by posing as CBI personnel and extorting 50 lakhs from him as a case settlement.

The court was informed that Roshan's legal team had previously served a private notice to the individuals, but they failed to appear before the court today. The court clarified that parties are not allowed to serve private notices but proceeded to issue an official notice to the two individuals.

The Bombay High Court, which had previously issued notice to the CBI in January 2023, had the agency present before it during today's proceedings.

In 2012, Roshan was duped by two accused who had disguised as CBI personnel and had taken 50 lakhs from him as a settlement in a case. After Roshan became suspicious, he filed a complaint with Anti-Corruption Bureau. The two accused were arrested and it was found that they had duped other film stars too. Allegedly, the money recovered from the duo also included Rs. 50 Lakh which was taken from Roshan.

In 2012, Roshan filed an application before the trial court seeking the return of Rs. 50 Lakh. The trial court allowed him to withdraw 30 Lakhs on depositing an indemnity bond of Rs. 50 lakh.

Roshan withdrew his Rs. 30 Lakh in 2014; however, the trial was not concluded. Subsequently, in 2020 he filed an application before the trial court to withdraw the remaining 20 lakhs but the same was rejected on the ground that he was seeking a review of the 2012 order for which the limitation lapsed and the order had attained finality.

Rakesh Roshan then filed an appeal before the Bombay High Court against the order of the trial court rejecting his plea. In his appeal before the High Court, Roshan stated that the money was with the trial court since 2012 and the trial was yet to be concluded.

Case Title: Rakesh Roshan vs State & Ors.