Bengaluru court grants conditional bail to Latha Rajinikanth in forgery case

The court granted bail on a personal bond of ₹1 lakh and cash surety of ₹25,000. She was directed not to influence witnesses and tamper with evidence.

Charges against Latha Rajinikanth

Latha Rajinikanth has been charged under Sections 196, 199, 463, 420 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

The discharge application filed by her advocate was objected to by the complainant as Section 463 of the IPC is non-bailable and she did not obtain the bail yet.

On 1 December, the High Court directed her to appear before the court in person on or before 6 January 2024.

The private complaint against Latha was filed by Ad Bureau Advertising, a Chennai-based company which had financial transactions with M/s Mediaone Global Entertainment Ltd which made the movie starring Rajinikanth.

The director of Kochadaiiyaan was Latha Rajinikanth’s daughter.

Latha Rajinikanth allegedly executed a guarantee on behalf of Mediaone Global Entertainment Ltd in favour of Ad Bureau Advertising and had failed to honour it after the film suffered losses.

Latha Rajinikanth obtained an injunction against 70 media houses from publishing and telecasting wrong news about this financial transaction.

The injunction suit filed by Latha Rajinikanth was dismissed by the court in 2015. Subsequently, Ad Bureau Advertising filed a private complaint alleging that a false document was used in the earlier injunction suit filed by Latha Rajinikanth.

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