Acharya, who has by no means been arrested in the case, was granted bail after he appeared earlier than the Justice of the Peace’s courtroom. The complainant has alleged that Acharya and two others had assaulted her throughout a operate of the Indian Film and Television Choreographers Association in Andheri on January 26, 2020.
Among different issues, the lady claimed that Acharya had compelled her to look at pornographic movies every time she went to fulfill him at his workplace in 2009-10, and additional alleged that he had victimised different ladies as effectively.
A case beneath sections 354-A (sexual harassment), 354-C (watching, or capturing the picture of a lady partaking in a non-public act), 354-D (stalking), 506 (legal intimidation) and 509 (phrase, gesture or act meant to insult the modesty of a lady) of the IPC has been registered towards the choreographer, who has denied all of the allegations.
