Mumbai: A court here has disposed of the complaint filed against actor Nana Patekar, accused of sexually harassing an actress during the #MeToo movement in 2018, on technical grounds, a lawyer said on Saturday.
Questioning the delay of over 10 years in filing a complaint, a Magistrate cour said that the FIR (first information report) was filed under sections 354 (sexual harassment) and 509 (outraging modesty of a woman) of the Indian Penal Code in 2018 for an alleged incident dating back to 2008.
Both the sections have a limitation of three years as per the Criminal Procedure Code, but no explanation or reasons were given for the delay in filing the FIR, so many years after the alleged incident, the court said.
Tanushree Dutta had alleged that she was sexually harassed by Patekar in 2008 during a movie shoot. Based on her complaint, an FIR was filed at Oshiwara police station in 2018 against Patekar, choreographer Ganesh Acharya and two others.