New Delhi: In a fresh development in the legal battle between Javed Akhtar and Kangana Ranaut, a magistrate court has summoned the lyricist under
Sections 506 (criminal intimidation) and 509 (insult to the modesty of a woman) of the Indian Penal Code, are based on complaints filed by Kangana Ranaut. Akhtar has been asked to appear in court on August 5, according to India Today.
It may be recalled that in 2021, Kangana, in an interview, mentioned that Javed Akhtar pressured her to apologise to Hrithik Roshan, which led to the lyricist filing a defamation suit against her.
Both Hrithik and Kangana were embroiled in a controversy over alleged emails at this time. Kangana filed an intimidation and insult complaint against Javed Akhtar. In the last hearing, Dr RameshAgarwal, who is Javed Akhtar’s physician, Kangana Ranaut, and Roshan, was called to the court as a witness. He mentioned that a meeting took place between Akhtar, Kangana, and her sister Rangoli, in which he was also present. He also informed the court that Akhtar had spoken to him about the issues between the actors and how they should reach a settlement.
Dr Agarwal mentioned in court that the meeting lasted for about 20-30 minutes. Relaying the conversation, the news portal quoted Agarwal, “Javed told her,
”Aapko maafi mangni padegi,” (you will have to apologise),” Bharadwaj further stated, “Padegi ya Mangiye is the question (‘You will have to apologise’, or ‘you seek forgiveness, that is the question).”To which Agarwal replied, “Aap maafi mangiye.”
He also revealed that he was present for the meeting at Javed Akhtar’s request and the agenda was that both actors would apologise to each other. Dr Agarwal also confirmed to Kangana’s lawyer that the actress had never asked him to mediate in the dispute between her and Hrithik Roshan, the report added.
