A department bench of Justice Revati Mohite-Dere and Justice Prithviraj Ok Chavan quashed and put aside the FIR after Chopra submitted a testimony granting her consent for a similar and gave the impression prior to the courtroom during the digital mode reiterating the similar.

Chopra, in her affidavit, mentioned that Jaju had approached her to settle the topic and after detailed deliberation and Jaju’s unconditional apology, she made up our minds to get to the bottom of the problem.

As in step with the agreement, Jaju has tendered an unconditional apology to the actor and added that he had no aim to harm or intimidate Chopra. The FIR was once lodged in 2008, during which Jaju was once booked by way of Versova Police station for offences punishable underneath Sections 506(II) (felony intimidation), and 509 (phrases or gesture meant to insult a lady’s modesty) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Segment 67 of the Knowledge Era (IT) Act.

Later, the case was once transferred to Crime Department Unit-DCB, CID CIU and after the price sheet was once filed, the case was once pending prior to the Esplanade Justice of the Peace courtroom.

The bench was once listening to a writ plea by way of Jaju searching for quashing of FIR filed via Dewani Pals which mentioned that there have been variations between the actor and him referring to cost of products and services rendered by way of him, which resulted in a couple of civil and felony complaints filed towards every different. He added that because of the intervention of well-wishers, the 2 arrived on the agreement. Jaju, in his plea, stated that Chopra had paid an quantity of Rs 29 lakh to him against unpaid dues as a part of the agreement and he, as in step with the agreement, by no means contacted her thereafter.

Jaju claimed that he by no means had the aim to ship any obscene or intimidating messages and he realised that the stated messages would possibly were perceived as intentional, and is “extremely repentant for a similar and feel sorry about any inconvenience led to to Chopra because of receipt of such messages.”

As in step with the plea, in June 2008, textual content messages had been exchanged between him and the actor, which she discovered to be objectionable and a grievance was once filed towards him with Mumbai Police. Additionally, Chopra’s father had lodged a grievance with the Justice of the Peace courtroom in Andheri levelling the similar offences towards Jaju. The plea mentioned that stated offences had been compounded with the consent of events and he was once acquitted via an order handed all over the Nationwide Lok Adalat held in July 2019.

Jaju additionally stated he had settled all industrial variations and misunderstandings with Chopra, so the FIR towards him be quashed and the complaints underneath the similar must now not be endured as it could reason “nice abuse of means of legislation”.