Rakhi Sawant appears in Ludhiana court, gets bail
LUDHIANA : A local court granted regular bail to actor Rakhi Sawantina case related to objectionable remarks by her against Valmi ki, the author of the epic Ramayana.
Sawant appeared in the court of judicial magistrate Vishav Gupta at 3:15 pm and submitted a bail bond with a surety of ₹1 lakh. One Harchand Singh presented himself as a surety of the actor. The case will now come up for hearing on September 19.
On August 19, sessions judge Gurbir Singh had allowed her plea seeking extension of time to appear before the trial court, and directed her to appear on or before August 25.
Judicial magistrate Vishav Gupta on August 7 had issued fresh non-bailable arrest warrants against her after she failed to appear incourt. The court had ordered the police to arrest Sawant by September 5, but she was given time to surrender by August 25.
Sushil Kumar, who had submitted a bail bond of ₹1 lakh for Sawant on July 6, when she appeared in court, was fined ₹2,000 as she did not appear in the court on the next hearing.
Ludhiana-based advocate Na rin der A di ya had filed a complaint against Sawant on July 9 last year, claiming her comments, allegedly made on a private television channel, had hurt the sentiments of the Valmiki com- munity. The actor had tendered an unconditional apology to the Valmiki community after its members voiced out rage over her alleged remarks.
She was later booked under Section 298 of the Indian Pen al Code( I PC) for hurting religious sentiments.