Arrest warrants against Shilpa Shetty, Reema Sen stayed 14th July 2006
09.08 IST
By Agencies
The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court on Thursday stayed arrest warrants issued by a local court against Bollywood actresses Shilpa Shetty and Reema Sen .
The warrants were issued in connection with the publication of their "obscene" pictures in a Tamil newspaper.
Admitting a petition filed by the actresses, Justice R Raghupathy also stayed the proceedings against them in the chief judicial magistrate's court, which had on June 20 issued the arrest warrants.
Dakshinamoorthy, a city based advocate, had filed a case against the actresses, and Murugan, Editor of "Tamil Murasu" for publication of the "obscene" pictures, thus violating laws including Sec 109 of IPC (Indecent representation of women), Prevention of Publication of Obscene pictures Act and Sec 3 of the Young persons (Harmful publications) Act.
The advocate contended the pictures "polluted the minds of young people" and demanded action against them.
Arrest warrants against Shilpa Shetty, Reema Sen stayed
