A local court has posted for final hearing on March 19, a complaint filed by a film distribution company alleging cheating by actor Hrithik Roshan and his father and
grandfather over sale of marketing rights of Hindi film 'Kaho Na Pyar Hai' and their other home productions.
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate J B Pankhe kept the matter for March 19 after the complainant M/S Popular Entertainment Network filed its reply recently on a
police report which probed allegations against Hritik Roshan, his father Rakesh Roshan and maternal grandfather J Omprakash.
The court had earlier ordered police to investigate the allegations of cheating levelled by M/S Popular Entertainment Network against the Roshans.
Jayantilal Gada of M/S Popular Entertainment Network had filed six complaints against Hrithik and his family alleging that his firm had been cheated by the Roshans, who
had backed out of their agreement with the film distribution company and for various other matters.
Police submitted its report on October 12 last year and the court had asked the complainant to file its say thereon.
The Bombay High Court had earlier stayed the arrest of the Roshans and referred the matter to the lower court.
According to Hrithik's lawyer Dipesh Mehta, the police, in its report, has said that the Roshans have not committed any criminal violation of law and that the dispute between
them and Popular Entertainment Network is of civil nature.
Tuesday, March 15, 2005 15:35 IST