Javed Akhtar requested to look earlier than courtroom on Kangana Ranaut’s criticism in opposition to him of ‘felony intimidation, insult’

The authorized battle between actor Kangana Ranaut and lyricist Javed Akhtar continues. As per an India Today report, the Magistrate courtroom in Mumbai has summoned Javed Akhtar on Kangana’s criticism below Indian Penal Code sections 506 (felony intimidation) and 509 (insult to the modesty of a lady). He has to look earlier than the Andheri courtroom on August 5. (Also Read | Javed Akhtar tells courtroom what occurred the evening he referred to as Kangana Ranaut to his home)

Kangana and Javed’s physician summoned by courtroom

On Monday, Kangana Ranaut and Javed’s doctor Dr Ramesh Agarwal was one of many witnesses earlier than the tenth Magistrate’s courtroom. He talked concerning the assembly that passed off between Javed and Kangana and her sister Rangoli Chandel in 2016. He knowledgeable the courtroom that Javed had spoken to him concerning the subject between Kangana and Hrithik Roshan including that there must be a settlement between the actors.

Javed requested Kangana to go to his dwelling

In 2016, Javed referred to as Kangana to his dwelling to offer her some recommendation on her public spat with Hrithik Roshan. In 2020, Kangana mentioned in an interview that he had threatened her for talking on the difficulty, and later additionally filed a defamation swimsuit in opposition to her. She additionally filed a criticism in opposition to Javed after that.

What the physician informed Javed Akhtar’s lawyer

As reported by India Today, when Javed’s advocate Jay Bharadwaj requested the physician about alleged defamatory phrases being spoken on the assembly, he mentioned he did not hear it. Dr Agarwal mentioned, “The meeting lasted about 20-30 minutes, and before leaving, Javed told her, ‘Aapko maafi mangni padegi (you will have to apologise).” When requested if Javed mentioned “padegi ya mangiye (you will have to apologise or you seek forgiveness), he said it was “aap maafi mangiye (you search forgiveness).” He also denied that there was ‘any exchange of harsh words’.

Here’s what Dr Agarwal told Kangana’s lawyer

After Kangana’s lawyer, Rizwan Siddiquee asked if the actor had asked him or Javed to mediate in the dispute between her and Hrithik, Dr Agarwal denied. He also agreed that he was part of the meeting at the request of Javed Akhtar. When asked about the agenda of the meeting and Hrithik and his family not being part of it, Dr Agarwal said that the agenda was that both would apologise to each other. He added he didn’t know that ‘Akhtar would not call the Roshans and only ask Kangana to apologise’.

When asked if Kangana had said anything after leaving Javed’s home, he replied, “She informed me that, ‘Initially both of us (she and Hrithik Roshan) were to apologise, but now only I am being asked to apologise’. She informed me this, and that’s the reason she felt uncomfortable.”