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2020 Supreme(MP) 1206

SHAILENDRA SHUKLA
Ekta Kapoor – Appellant
Versus
State of M. P. – Respondent


Advocates Appeared:
For the Appellant :Siddharth Luthra, Learned Senior Advocate, Nitesh Jain, Anand Soni and Manoj Silawat, Advocates
For the Respondents:Pushyamitra Bhargava, Learned Additional Advocate General, Aniruddha Gokhale, Public Prosecutor, Yash Tiwari, B. Gautam, Neeraj Gautam and Valmik Sakargayen, Advocates

ORDER :

Shailendra Shukla, J.

Heard the learned counsel through video conferencing.

1. This order seeks to dispose of the petition filed under Section 482 of Cr.P.C., for quashment of FIR bearing Crime No. 02142020, registered at police station Anapurna, Indore (M.P.), under the provisions of Sections 294 , 298 and 34 of IPC, under Sections 67 and 67-A of I.T. Act and Section 3 of State Emblem Act .

2. Facts which are relevant for discussion in this matter are that the respondent No. 2 filed a complaint against the petitioner with regard to transmission of an episode in web series (XXX Uncensored) on Zee 5 which is being promoted by ALT Balaji, a concern owned by petitioner and her mother.

3. The web series contains different stories or episodes which the complainant has mentioned as obscene and vulgar to an extent that it calls for penal action. Of specific reference is an episode entitled as 'Pyar Aur Plastic' which is episode 1 of season 2.

4. The story revolves around 3 characters Dr. Sanjay who is a plastic surgeon, his girlfriend namely Priya and one another lady who is step

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