MP Court directs police to file case against Aamir Khan for PK Poster

Jabalpur: A local court in Madhya Pradesh has the directed police to register a case against actor Aamir Khan,filmmaker Raju Hirani and producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra for publishing a controversial poster depicting Aamir Khan in the nude  with regard to the release of their film, PK.

The directives were given yesterday by Judicial Magistrate,  R. D. Deharia to the Aadhartal Police Station in-charge over a complaint filed by advocate Amit Sahu. The court also directed the police to register a case against Film and Television Producer Guild President, Mukesh Bhatt. It also asked the police to file a complaint against the editor and publisher of three local newspapers for publishing the poster.

The complainant termed the poster as “obscene, indecent and unreasonable” and said that the poster  comes under the category of indecent. Therefore a case under sections 292 and294 of the Indian Penal Code can be registered against the various parties. The court then asked the police to file a report on whether the poster in question can be classified as vulgar and fixed September 19 as the next date of hearing in the matter. Yesterday, the second poster of the film was released in Mumbai which showed Aamir dressed in traditional Rajasthani garb. The film is directed by Rajkumar Hirani  and also features performances from Anushka Sharma, Sushant Singh Rajput, Boman Irani and Sanjay Dutt. The film will be released on 19 December this year.

PTI