Nana Patekar, Ganesh Acharya’s Lawyer Releases Official Statement On Tanushree Dutta’s #MeToo Case

Nana Patekar, Ganesh Acharya’s lawyer, Padma Shkatkar, has released an official statement over the sexual harassment case by former actress Tanushree Dutta. He stated that the court has not taken cognizance of the case as it was barred by the Limitation Act due to a delay in the registration of FIR.

Lawyer Padma Shkatkar Official Statement Over Tanushree Dutta’s Sexual Harassment Case

The statement, which went with the headline, “The FIR bearing No. 448/2018 in Oshiwara police station filed on 10.10.2018 by complainant actress Tanushree Dutta primarily mentions an incident dated 23.3.2008 which was false from day one targetting my clients. She later aggravated the issue on the string operation of Sami Siddiqui conducted on 5.10.2018 and the court has rightly concluded his innocence.”

He added, “The Oshiwara police station officer thoroughly conducted the investigation and filed a ‘B summary report’ to the Hon’ble Andheri Magistrate court and the court has not taken the cognizance of the case as it was barred by the Limitation Act due to delay in registration of FIR.

The complainant failed to make an application for condonation of delay they even failed to prove the maintainability of their case and the court has dismissed their case. Prima facie there was no sufficient evidence to prove her contention even when there were more than 100 people present at the set while shooting.”

The official statement further reads, “My clients failed to understand the reason for coming up with these false allegations. They have a large fan following due to their hard work and dedication and the present allegations were made merely to malign the images of my clients with an ulterior motive behind.

But some females take advantage and misuse  law targeting big respected names of the industry which is wrong and unethical leading to the downturn of the career of veterans. My clients have faced a lot in these 7 years and had to undergo excessive trauma, stress and sufferings and I have seen this personally.”

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“Today the Hon’ble Magistrate Court, Andheri has given the verdict dismissing the case of the complainant. This case is definitely a beacon of light for all those men being targeted with ulterior motives by the ‘Me too’ category of litigants. We had faith in law and order, judiciary and we are delighted with the outcome of the case today.” the statement concluded.

Also Read: Mumbai Court Dismisses Tanushree Dutta’s Sexual Harassment Cases Against Nana Patekar & Others, Citing Lack of Evidence

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