A classes court docket in Mumbai on Monday dismissed an software filed by Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut difficult the proceedings initiated in opposition to her by a Justice of the Peace’s court docket in reference to a defamation grievance lodged by veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar.
Additional Sessions Judge S U Baghele stated the plea filed by the applicant (Ranaut) is dismissed.
Ranaut (34) had sought the classes court docket to quash the authorized proceedings and summons issued by the Justice of the Peace’s court docket in suburban Andheri within the defamation grievance lodged in opposition to her by Akhtar.
Akhtar (76) had filed the grievance within the Justice of the Peace’s court docket in final November claiming the actor had made defamatory statements in opposition to him in a tv interview, which allegedly broken his status.
The classes court docket in Dindoshi in Mumbai had on April 3 reserved its order on the appliance filed by Ranaut.
In her software, Ranaut had challenged the issuance of the method and the legality and validity of the February 1, 2021 order handed by the Justice of the Peace and the next motion of issuing a bailable warrant in opposition to her for failing to look earlier than the court docket.
Ranaut’s advocate Rizwan Siddiquee had argued within the classes court docket that as per provisions of part 200 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), a Justice of the Peace has to first look at and file the statements of the complainant and the witnesses earlier than issuance of discover or proceedings in felony complaints.
Siddiquee claimed that because the Justice of the Peace’s court docket had not recorded the statements of the witnesses, it had vitiated the process.
Ranaut in her plea had sought the classes court docket to droop and quash the proceedings initiated in opposition to her.
Advocate Jay Bharadwaj, showing for Akhtar, had opposed the appliance and submitted that the order handed by the Justice of the Peace didn’t warrant interference.
On March 1, Justice of the Peace R R Khan had issued a bailable warrant in opposition to Ranaut after she failed to look earlier than the court docket as per earlier instructions.
Ranaut later sought cancellation of the warrant earlier than the Justice of the Peace.
The court docket on March 25 cancelled the warrant after Ranaut furnished a money bail of Rs 20,000 and a surety of Rs 15,000.
In his grievance, Akhtar claimed that Ranaut had made defamatory feedback in opposition to him in an interview by dragging his identify whereas referring to a “coterie” present in Bollywood, following the dying of actor Sushant Singh Rajput in June final 12 months.
The Justice of the Peace had directed the Mumbai police to hold out a preliminary probe into the grievance.
In February, the police submitted a report back to the court docket saying an offence of defamation was made out in opposition to Ranaut.
