Madhur Bhandarkar Granted Relief In Preeti Jain Rape Case

Madhur Bhandarkar can now heave a huge sigh of relief, as the Supreme Court (SC) has stayed the criminal proceeding against the filmmaker, in Preeti Jain rape case.
 
 In July 2004, Preeti Jain, an aspiring actress, had lodged a complaint against Madhur alleging that he had raped her several times between 1999 – 2004, on the pretext of marrying her and casting her in his films.
 In her statement, Preeti had then said, "We had sex 16 times and Madhur made promises of giving me a lead role in his films. However, he didn`t offer me a lead role in any of his movies. At times when I refused, he raped me."
 A lower court found substance in Jain's complaint and asked Madhur to face trial in the case. Bhandarkar then moved the apex court challenging the court's orders. In 2011, the police too supported the director, by filing a report that the case against him was false.
 And today, SC granted him relief in the case. Reacting to the verdict, the 43-year-old filmmaker said that eight years of his life has been ruined due to the case.
 Madhur Bhandarkar, is presently busy with his opus Heroine which stars Kareena Kapoor, Arjun Rampal and Randeep Hooda in the lead roles.

Madhur Bhandarkar to face trial in Preeti Jain's rape case

On one hand Madhur Bhandarkar’s highly anticipated film, ‘Heroine’ is shaping up very well while on the other hand, he again embroiled in a rape case trial. The Bombay High court on Thursday rejected the application of the filmmaker to stay the process against him in a Mumbai metropolitan court in the Preeti Jain rape case.
 "Justice R.C. Chavan today (Thursday) refused to stay the trial against Bhandarkar, stating that he will now have to face criminal trial," Jain`s lawyer S. Kunjuraman told IANS.
 "Bhandarkar has tried his level best to buy time by approaching various courts and filing several pleas. But now he has exhausted all his tricks and will have to face trial," he added.
 In 2004 July, upcoming model Preeti Jain lodged a complaint against Madhur Bhandarkar accusing him of raping her several times between 1999 and 2004 under the pretext of marrying her and promising her to cast her in his movies.
 In September 2011, a Mumbai metropolitan court had found evidence in Jain`s complaint, issued process against Bhandarkar and directing him to face the trial.
 In November last year, the filmmaker was granted anticipatory bail.

Top 10 Scandalous Actors: Number 4: Preeti Jain

In the stormy monsoon of 2004, starlet Preeti Jain made it to page one of national dailies, accusing Madhur Bhandarkar, the director of Page 3, of rape and criminal intimidation. It also became the first ‘casting couch’ scandal to go national. Then in 2005, after appearing in a short film with Zeenat Aman, Preeti Jain was arrested for allegedly commissioning a ‘supari’ (Bombay slang for assassination) on the director via a Bombay gangster. Preeti claimed she was being victimized by the high and mighty and found company in bar dancer Tarannum, with whom she shared a jail cell for some time.