Shilpa Shetty has sought dismissal of the appeal filed against her discharge in a 2007 obscenity case in Alwar (Rajasthan), where she was allegedly hugged and kissed in public by Hollywood star Richard Gere. The appeal against her discharge was filed by the Rajasthan police. She submitted that the only allegation against her was that she did not protest when she was kissed by the co-accused, and that did not make her a conspirator or perpetrator of any crime.
The case was transferred to Bombay in 2017 on orders of the Supreme Court. Shilpa was discharged in January 2022.
Shilpa’s reply said that she retained her right to separately file criminal proceedings against the original complainant for malicious proceedings and civil damages.
Shilpa Shetty had attended an AIDS awareness event in 2007 in Rajasthan. A complaint was filed before the court of judicial magistrate first class, Mundawar, for obscenity and criminal conspiracy.