The district court here has issued a notice to Punjabi singer and actor Harbhajan Mann in an alleged case of cheating and fraud. The court of Harjinder Kaur, civil judge (senior division) has directed Mann to personally appear in the court or through his counsel on September 1. The court notice has come on a petition by Bathinda-based Friends Film International Company against Mann, H&H Production (P) Ltd, Mohali and Gulzaar Singh Chahal, for recovery of Rs 1.21 crore. Chahal runs H&H Production in Mohali and the company had produced a film Heer-Ranjha, along with other partners. Munish Goel, partner of Friends Film International, had told the court in his petition in March this year that he, along with Anil Deepak from Faridkot and Mann, had agreed to make the Punjabi film. Shooting for Heer-Ranjha started in April 2009 with Friends Film International making an investment of Rs 71 lakh. However, Mann allegedly did not follow the agreement and when the movie was released in September, 2009, Friends Film International was not given any credits in the film as had been agreed upon earlier. According to Goel, Mann also refused to pay royalty and also did not return Rs 71 lakh. Goel said that he and his partner Anil Deepak had also filed complaint with SSP, Bathinda on June 27, 2011 in this regard and police had recorded our statements. Goel and his partner had moved the Bathinda court in March 2012. Source : Times of India
