HC relief for Deepika Padukone |
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The FIRs have been filed under the provisions of Bombay Police Act, Information Technology Act and Maharashtra Region and Town Planning Act and Indian Penal Code. The IPC sections include Section 294 (obscene act in public place) and
Section 509 (act intended to insult modesty of women).
The FIR, registered by Mumbai Police, is based on a
complaint filed by the activist Santosh Daundkar.
The court has now clubbed the FIRs filed in Pune and Mumbai and directed the state government to file its reply to the petitions which seek to quash the FIRs.
Tardeo police station here registered a case against
14 people, including the President of the National Sports Club of India Jayantilal Shah, its General Decretary Ravinder Aggarwal, organisers of the Roast, Karan Johar, Ranveer Singh, Rohan Joshi, Tanmay Bhat, Gursimran Khamba, Ashish Shakya,
Aditi Mittal, Deepika Padukone, Alia Bhatt, Rajeev Masand and
Arjun Kapoor.
