Shilpa, Gere kissing case hearing on May 26
Tuesday,
May
08,
2007
A
Jaipur
court
hearing
the
"kissing" row
involving
Hollywood
star
Richard
Gere
and
India's
Shilpa
Shetty
on
Saturday
has
fixed
the
next
hearing
for
May
26.
"The link court hearing the case in place of the earlier additional chief judicial magistrate (ACJM-4) court, which is lying vacant due to the transfer of judge Dinesh Gupta, has fixed the date for hearing on May 26," said Poonam Chand Bhandari, an advocate who filed the complainant against the stars.
"While pleading the case in the court today, I requested the court to issue a bailable warrant against Shilpa Shetty," Bhandari told. The court was informed that the summons issued by the ACJM-4 has so far not returned back.
"In the case of Richard Gere, the police told the court that they have tried to find out his whereabouts in Delhi but so far have not been able to find him," Bhandari said.
The police also pleaded that since Gere is a foreign national the warrant could be issued by the high court through the external affairs ministry.
The court then said it could not pass an effective order as it was a link court and fixed the date for the next hearing on May 26.
It may be recalled that on April 26, the additional chief judicial magistrate Justice Dinesh Gupta has issued an arrest warrant against Gere for indulging in an "obscene act".
The court, after hearing Bhandari and watching the original video recording of the incident in which Gere is seen kissing Shilpa, prima facie found him guilty and ordered for his arrest. It also asked the police to produce him before the court on or before May 5.
The
court
had
issued
summons
against
Shilpa
asking
her
to
be
present
before
the
court
on
May
5.
Bhandari
had
filed
the
complaint
on
April
17
accusing
both
the
actors
of
committing
"an
obscene
act"
in
public
place.
Gere
had
repeatedly
kissed
Shilpa
on
stage
at
the
April
15
function
in
Delhi,
triggering
protest
marches
in
some
Indian
cities.
The arrest warrant drew harsh criticism in the country, with some lawyers saying it had no legal merit.
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