RANCHI: Bollywood actress Ameesha Patel surrendered in court in a cheating case. The actress surrendered in the Ranchi Civil Court for giving a bounced cheque to the film producer five years ago. Senior Division Judge DN Shukla granted bail to the actress.

The court granted bail to Ameesha Patel with a direction to appear in court on June 21. In 2018, film producer Ajay Kumar Singh, a native of Jharkhand, registered a case against the actress in the bounced cheque case. The actress was not present despite several court summonses in the case and when the warrant was issued, she reached the court and obtained bail.

Ajay Kumar transferred Rs 2.5 crore to Manisha's bank account in connection with the production of the film 'Desi Magic' but the film did not go ahead. Later, the actress gave a check for Rs 2.5 crore to Ajay Kumar, but it bounced. Following this Ajay Kumar filed a complaint against the actress.

Ameesha Patel surrendered to the court and obtained bail when she was about to make a comeback with the movie 'Gadar 2' starring Sunny Deol.