Lyricist Javed Akhtar has been requested to look earlier than a Mumbai courtroom relating to a counter criticism filed towards him by Kangana Ranaut for alleged “extortion and criminal intimidation”. Now a PTI report has revealed that the courtroom, whereas summoning him to look on August 5, had stated that there was certainly ample floor to proceed towards him for the offence of felony intimidation and gestures or acts supposed to insult the modesty of a girl. Also learn: Javed Akhtar requested to look earlier than courtroom on Kangana Ranaut’s criticism towards him of ‘felony intimidation, insult’
In 2020, Javed had filed a criticism towards Kangana when in an interview she accused him of threatening her after calling her to his house amid her ugly struggle with Hrithik Roshan over their alleged affair. Kangana had then filed a counter criticism towards Javed Akhtar.
What the courtroom stated
Metropolitan Justice of the Peace (Andheri courtroom) R M Shaikh on July 24 issued the summons towards Javed Akhtar, asking him to look earlier than the courtroom on August 5. While issuing summons, the courtroom stated no case of extortion was made out towards the lyricist. Asking an individual to offer a written apology is not going to come beneath the definition of “valuable security” as outlined beneath part 30 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) as a result of no authorized proper is created, prolonged, transferred, restricted, extinguished or launched, it stated.
“As far as other offences levelled against the accused are concerned, on the basis of averments in the complaint, verification of the complainant and statement of her (Kangana’s) sister Rangoli Chandel,” the courtroom stated. “I have come to the conclusion that there are sufficient grounds to proceed against the accused for offence under IPC section 506 (criminal intimidation) and 509 (gestures or acts intended to insult the modesty of a woman),” the courtroom added.
More concerning the case
In his criticism in 2020, Javed had claimed that Kangana dragged his identify throughout an interview whereas referring to a ‘coterie’ present in Bollywood, following the alleged suicide by actor Sushant Singh Rajput.
Kangana went on to file a counter-complaint in the identical courtroom towards Javed for alleged “extortion and criminal intimidation”. She stated in her criticism that following her public dispute along with her Krrish 3 co-star, the lyricist had referred to as her and her sister Rangoli to his home with “malafide intentions and ulterior motives and then criminally intimidated and threatened” her.
(With PTI inputs)
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