Ranbir summoned for smoking in public

After Shah Rukh Khan seems as if its Ranbir Kapoor's turn to get summoned and that too for the same reason: Smoking in public in Rajasthan. 

Buzz is that actor Ranbir Kapoor has been summoned by an Udaipur court for smoking in public. The actor has been accused of a criminal offence by the Udaipur court. The actor was was found smoking in a public place during the shooting for ‘Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani’ at Ghangaur Ghat, Udaipur on May 28.

The complaint was lodged by a local residing in the Ghangaur Ghat area, Harish Vaishnav on Friday after which the Udaipur Court has directed the Ghanta Ghar Police to register a bail able offense under the Rajasthan Anti-Smoking Act. Harish Vaishnav spotted pictures of the actor smoking and the pictures appeared in local newspapers as well.

Ranbir has been summoned by Udaipur court on 26th June 2012. The actor will be booked for violating Section 5 of the Rajasthan Prevention of Smoking Act.

Harendra Singh, in-charge of the Ghanta Ghar police station, Udaipur, said, “A copy of the summons reached us on Saturday evening. He is being booked for violation of Section 5 of Rajasthan Prevention of Smoking Act. Our personnel will visit the actor in Mumbai next week to hand over the summons to him.”

According to the Rajasthan Prevention of Smoking Act, a person found guilty of smoking in public can be sentenced to a maximum imprisonment of six months or a fine of Rs 200.

Ranbir is currently shooting for 'Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani' which also stars Deepika Padukone.

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- Unknown Updated at: Thursday, June 07, 2012

SRK summoned by Jaipur court

The co-owner of Kolkata Knight Riders Shah Rukh Khan has been summoned by a Jaipur trial court for smoking in public.

A Lawyer said that, "A court in Jaipur on Thursday issued summoned Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan to appear before it May 26 in connection with a complaint against him for publicly smoking at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium during an Indian Premier League (IPL) match."

The Kolkata Knight Riders owner was caught smoking in public on 8th april in the sawan man Singh Stadium, in fact King Khan was even broadcasted live on TV smoking in the stadium during the match.  Anand Singh Rathore, director of Jaipur Cricket Academy, had filed a complaint against him.

The complaint read, "Police was confiscating any objectionable items including cigarettes while frisking. However, it seems Shah Rukh was allowed to carry the cigarette packet into the stadium which is negligence on part of police also."

Lawyer Nem Singh who filed the complaint on behalf of Jaipur Cricket Academy director Anand Singh Rathore said that ,"Smoking publicly is banned in Rajasthan since 2000. However, Shah Rukh Khan was smoking publicly in front of thousands of spectators. The actor was broadcast live while smoking on the TV channel which was showing the match."

The additional chief judicial magistrate (ACJM) court in Jaipur has summoned Bollywood actor but if found guilty, Shah Rukh Khan can easily get away with a fine of Rs. 500.

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- Unknown Updated at: Wednesday, May 02, 2012

Sanjay Gupta pays for being innovative !!!

Sanjay Gupta filmmaker of 'Shootout At Wadala' sent out invites to the launch of his film in the form of a court summons in the hands of couriers dressed as policemen. 

Shootout At Wadala is the sequel of Shootout At Lokhandwala starring John Abraham as Manya Surve, Sonu Sood as Dawood Ibrahim and Manoj Bajpayee as Dawood's brother, Shabbir. It also stars Anil Kapoor and Kangana Ranaut.

The Versova police has registered an FIR against filmmaker Sanjay Gupta, producer Ekta Kapoor's production house and a publicity portal for accusing them, they have been booked under section IT act 66(b), 467, 468,469, 470, 471 and 420. Versova police officers investigating the case said that Gupta and Balaji Motion Pictures allegedly misused the commissioner's letterhead and rubber stamp to send invitations for the press conference that was held on Wednesday evening at Mehboob Studios in Bandra. 

Nandkumar Mhetar, senior inspector of Versova police station, confirmed that the director, the production house as well as a Bollywood movie portal glamsham.com were being accused of forgery and cheating. "The invitation cards printed by the production house contain the imprint of the commissioner's rubber stamp, and also mentions that the commissioner will be conducting the press conference to speak on the crime rates in the city."

Sanjay says, "I am not aware of this (case). As far as we are concerned, it was nothing more than an innovative and creative marketing thing. It was an invitation sent only to the media and not to any public. In any case, the summons-style invitation has a disclaimer stating that this is not a real summons and is purely for publicity and promotional purposes."

Author : Suja , a management trainee, programmer, movie enthusiast and a fashion critic who loves to enjoy each moment of her life and is crazy  about music! (suja@indiaviolet.com)

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- Unknown Updated at: Saturday, March 03, 2012