The Bombay high court on January 19 quashed a 14-year-old case filed by Priyanka Chopra against her former manager, Prakash Jaju, with the actress’ consent following an amicable settlement between the parties. As per the settlement, Jaju tendered an unconditional apology with “folded hands” to Priyanka.
The case pertains to an FIR of 2008. Jaju was booked under sections 506 (criminal intimidation) and 509 (words or gesture intended to insult a woman’s modesty) of the IPC, and section 67 of the Information Technology Act, for sending objectionable messages to Priyanka and for uttering certain words during a telephonic conversation.
A division bench of Justice Revati Mohite Dere and Justice Prakash Jadhav heard the matter in chambers wherein Priyanka Chopra appeared through video conferencing and said, she had no objection if the FIR was quashed.
The judges asked her if she was agreeable to the clause that he could contact her professionally. Priyanka said that she would prefer it if he didn’t. Accordingly, the clause was deleted from the consent terms.
Prakash Jaju approached the high court in a petition under section 482 of the CrPC seeking quashing and setting aside of the case registered at the Versova police station in Bombay. The matter was pending before the Esplanade magistrate court in Bombay.
