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In a relief to veteran actor Nana Patekar, Mumbai police informed a local court that she had no evidence to prosecute her in a case involving molestation brought against him by the actor Tanushree Dutta.
Dutta's complaint against Patekar last year triggered a national "#MeToo" movement on social media.
Police on the outskirts of Oshiwara filed a report Wednesday 'B Summary & # 39; in front of a metropolitan magistrate in Andheri, told PTI, Paramjit Singh Dahiya, deputy police commissioner.
A Report & B Summary & # 39; is filed when the police find no evidence against the accused to file an indictment and to seek a trial.
While Patekar's lawyer, Aniket Nikam, welcomed this decision, Dutta's lawyer, Nitin Satpute, claimed that the police had acted negligently.
"All the allegations against my client Nana Patekar were false from the beginning, the truth tends to surface, no matter how much we want to repress her, my client is innocent and justice will be done," he said. Nikam at PTI.
However, Satpute stated that neither he nor his client (Dutta) had received any official information from the police.
"The police report is not definitive, we can oppose it and, after hearing us, the court, if satisfied, can order the police to carry out a new investigation. or continue the investigation, "he said.
He also alleged that the police acted "negligently" to protect Patekar.
"The police have not conducted an adequate investigation, so we oppose the summary report and will also file an application for summary judgment in the Bombay High Court," he said. .
In October 2018, Dutta filed a lawsuit against Patekar in which she accused him of harbadment and misbehaved with her while she was shooting a song on the sets of the movie "Horn Ok Plebads" in 2008 .
When filming the sequence of the song, Patekar improperly touched her even after she had made it clear that she would not do obscene, vulgar steps. or uncomfortable.
According to his complaint, a case was recorded against Patekar and three other people for allegedly badaulting Dutta on film sets.
In addition to Patekar, the choreographer Ganesh Acharya, the producer of the film Samee Siddiqui and the director Rakesh Sarang have also been registered.
The report & # 39; B Summary & # 39; the absoudra also (Acharya, Siddiqui and Sarang).
The defendants were convicted under section 354 of the Indian Penal Code (badault or criminal force inflicted on a woman with intent to scandalize her modesty) and 509 (words, deeds or deeds intended to insult the modesty of a woman), said the manager. that no arrest has been made so far.
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