Date:23/09/2003 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2003/09/23/stories/2003092305411200.htm

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Mumbai HC restrains police from arresting Roshans

Mumbai Sept. 22. The Mumbai High Court today restrained the police from arresting filmmaker Rakesh Roshan, his actor son Hritik, and father-in-law J. Omprakash, in six cases of alleged cheating till September 25 and deferred their plea seeking to quash a lower court order which directed police to probe these cases.

Justices Ranjana Desai and P.V. Kakade heard the arguments of Jayantilal Gada of the Popular Entertainment Network who had filed six cases against Rakesh Roshan, Hritik and Omprakash for alleged cheating. Gada's counsel A.Y. Sakhare prayed that the High Court had no jurisdiction to hear this matter under Article 226 of the Constitution. The Roshans and Omprakash filed a rejoinder through their laywer Dipesh Mehta saying that the Division Bench had the jurisdiction. With the mutual consent of both sides, the matter was deferred to September 25. — PTI