Actor Dalip Tahil was found guilty of driving while intoxicated in 2018 and was given a two-month prison sentence and a fine of 500 rupees by Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, 09th Court, Bandra, Mumbai.
The actor was also mandated by the court to pay the injured woman Rs. 5,000 in damages.
Dilip Tahil announced that he will appeal this ruling in the Mumbai Sessions Court, and the Magistrate Court gave him one month to do so.
Dalip Tahil said, “I respect judge and decisions taken in magistrate’s court. We are challenging the entire decision and the entire verdict in the higher court. We prefer to challenge the whole decision. It was a suspended sentence and most importantly I would like to say, that there were minor injuries in the incident. I did not injure anyone.”
Dalip Tahil is best known for his work in ‘Baazigar’ (1993), ‘Raja’ (1995), ‘Hum Hai Rahi Pyar Ke’ (1993) and ‘Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak’ (1988), ‘Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai’ (2000), ‘Ajnabee’ (2001), ‘Rock On!!’ (2008), ‘Ra.One’ (2011) ‘Bhaag Milkha Bhaag’ (2013) and ‘Mission Mangal’ (2019) among others. He was last seen in ‘HIT: The First Case’ alongside Rajkummar Rao and Sanya Malhotra.
He was also seen in TV shows such as ‘Buniyaad’, ‘Saturday Suspense’, and ‘Siya Ke Ram’, among others.
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