A First Information Report (FIR) used to be registered against actor-filmmaker Mahesh Manjrekar and three others after an NGO alleged that their currently launched Marathi movie “Nay Varan Bhat Loncha Kon Nay Koncha” had obscene scenes involving minors.
The Mahim police additionally booked movie producers Narendra Hirawat and Shreyash Hirawat and assistant producer Jitendra Shinde under sections 292, 34, of the (IPC) Indian Penal Code, Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) Section 14 and Sections 67, 67B of the IT Act.
The complainant Seema Deshpande, president of Bharatiya Stree Shakti, an NGO which works for women’s empowerment, alleged in her complaint that the movie depicts sexual things to do between minors and their aunt and has violence involving children. She additionally alleged that the dialogues in the movie are vulgar.
Reacting to the development, Mahesh Manjrekar had then said, “My film is censored by means of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC). I am ready to cooperate with the investigation. Only after the content material used to be censored, the movie was once launched for the public. We will present the material earlier than the police when they ask for it.
Last month, Deshpande approached POCSO courtroom in Mumbai seeking registration of FIR against the movie maker after they watched promo of the movie and found obscene scenes in it.
Based on her plea, additional classes decide N S Shaikh had ordered Mahim police on February 18, to elevate out investigations against Manjrekar and others as per Section 156 (3) of the CrPC that entails magistrates empowered beneath Section 190 to order an investigation via police.
In January, when the trailer of the movie was released, the NGO had filed a complaint with the National Commission for Women (NCW). Following the complaint, the commission had written to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and the CBFC chairperson to censor sexually specific content in the trailer.
The NGO had initially approached the Mahim police and cyber police, disturbing registration of an FIR. However, after they failed to take cognizance, Deshpande moved a plea before the POCSO court. “Following the court docket order an FIR was once registered and investigation is on”, stated a police officer.
