miércoles, 10 de julio de 2013

Mallika Sherawat faces warrant for 'obscene dance' performance - Khaleej Times

Bollywood sex siren Mallika Sherawat could be issued a non-bailable warrant on Monday after she failed to appear in a court for a third time in a seven-year-old obscenity case.

The actress known for her steamy roles in Hindi films was handed court summons on Thursday by the police at her Mumbai home with orders to remain present in a court in Vadodara, 90km from here, on Saturday. Narendra Tiwari, the then president of Baroda Bar Association, had filed a complaint against Sherawat and the owners of J W Marriot Hotel, Mumbai, in January 2007 over her allegedly obscene dance performance on December 31, 2006 at a new year's eve programme, seeking action under section 294 of Indian Penal Code.

According to Tiwari's advocate Bhaskarrao Nilak, who filed an application for a non-bailable warrant against her on Saturday, she was issued summons twice earlier also on April 20 and May 7 but she has never turned up at the court.

Tiwari had dragged Sherawat to court after he watched her titillating show on a television channel in which she reportedly was seen unbuttoning a youth's trousers in full public view.

Advocate I M Khan told Khaleej Times that the controversial nymph had a few years ago moved Gujarat high court seeking that the case be quashed but her petition was dismissed, adding that she faced a similar case in Maharashtra.

The Vadodara court will hear Tiwari's application seeking a non-bailable warrant against Sherawat on Monday when, sources, said, she was expected to leave for Thailand for a shoot for a film in which she plays a simple salwar-kameez-clad politician.

Sherawat will also be seen as an eligible bachelorette in a reality show to be launched next month.

mahesh@khaleejtimes.com

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