Granting partial relief to Rajinikanth’s wife, Latha Rajinikanth, the Karnataka high court has quashed a Bangalore magistrate court’s order taking cognisance of a criminal case against her. The case is an offshoot of financial disputes related to distribution rights of Rajini’s Tamil film, Kochadaiiyaan. However, the trial court’s order of taking cognisance of the case under IPC section 463 (forgery) and punishable under section 465 sustains, Justice M. Nagaprasanna observed in his recent order.
In 2015, a private complaint was lodged by M/s. Ad Bureau Advertising Pvt. Ltd., Madras, stating that the accused (Latha Rajinikanth) used created/forged document to obtain an injunction order from a city civil court in Bangalore against the media from reporting about the cheating case filed by the company.