Warrant against Mallika Sherawat in obscenity case

A Vadodara court
on Monday issued
a bailable warrant
against Bollywood
actress Mallika
Sherawat in connection with
an obscenity case. The Vadodara
district court issued the warrant and asked her to
appear before it on August 19.

Former president of the Baroda Bar
Association, Narendra Tiwari, had filed
a case and sought a non-bailable
warrant against Sherawat over her
"obscene" dance performance at a New
Year eve party held in Mumbai on December 31, 2006.

Tiwari had filed the suit after watching
Sherawat's performance on television
channels. He had made Sherawat and
the management of the five-star hotel,
where the event was held, respondents
in the case.

The court had issued summons to
Sherawat last week to appear before it
on Saturday.

Since Sherawat did not remain present
in the court, Tiwari sought issuance of a
non-bailable warrant against her.
However, after hearing the application,
the court issued a bailable warrant
against her.

The actress had been issued summons in
this case in the past as well. She had
moved Gujarat high court seeking
quashing of the summons. However, her
plea was dismissed and she was asked
to approach the lower court.