Ganesh Acharya granted bail by Mumbai courtroom in sexual harassment case

A Justice of the Peace’s courtroom in Mumbai on Thursday granted bail to choreographer Ganesh Acharya in a sexual harassment case. A case had been registered in opposition to the choreographer at suburban Amboli police station in February 2020 for allegedly beating up an assistant choreographer. The complainant additionally alleged that Ganesh Acharya compelled her to look at pornographic movies at any time when she went to fulfill him at his workplace in 2009-10, including that he had executed the identical to different girls. In April this 12 months, Mumbai Police had charged Ganesh with sexual harassment and voyeurism amongst different expenses. Additionally learn: Police cost choreographer Ganesh Acharya with harassment, stalking, voyeurism

Ganesh Acharya has by no means been arrested within the case. He was granted bail after he appeared earlier than the Justice of the Peace’s courtroom on Thursday. The complainant has alleged that he, together with two others, had assaulted her throughout a perform of the Indian Movie and Tv Choreographers Affiliation in Andheri on January 26, 2020. She additionally added complaints about sexual harassment that had occurred up to now.

Primarily based on the grievance, the police registered a case beneath sections 354-A (sexual harassment), 354-C (watching, or capturing the picture of a lady participating in a non-public act), 354-D (stalking), 506 (felony) intimidation) and 509 (phrase, gesture or act supposed to insult the modesty of a lady) of the IPC in opposition to Ganesh Acharya. The choreographer has denied all the way in which.

Ganesh Acharya, 51, began his profession as an assistant to choreographer Kamalji within the early Nineteen Nineties. He labored in his first movie Anaam in 1992 however gained widespread fame and recognition for his work on the track Badi Mushkil from Lajja in 2001. In 2007, he turned director together with his maiden challenge Swami, starring Manoj Bajpai and Juhi Chawla. He has additionally acted in quite a few movies, most notably because the villain within the 2012 movie Rowthiram.

(With PTI inputs)