Now, Ranbir Kapoor summoned for public smoking
JAIPUR: A few weeks after Shah Rukh Khan was found smoking at a stadium during an IPL match in Jaipur, it was the turn of another actor, Ranbir Kapoor, to get involved in a similar controversy.
Following a complaint filed on Friday, a court in Udaipur has summoned Kapoor on June 26 for violating Rajasthan Prevention of Smoking Act.
Ranbir and co-star Deepika Padukone were shooting for Yeh Jawani Hai Diwani in Udaipur recently. Some vernacular dailies published photos of him smoking in public on May 28. However, Kapoor, after wrapping up his work, flew to Mumbai on Friday.
Later, spotting the picture published last week, one Harish Vaishnav lodged a complaint under CrPC Section (156(3) at a local court in Udaipur. Following the complaint, it summoned Ranbir Kapoor to be present in the court on June 26.
“A copy of the summons reached us on Saturday evening. He is being booked for violation of Section 5 of Rajasthan Prevention of Smoking Act. Our personnel will visit the actor in Mumbai next week to hand over the summons to him,” said Harendra Singh, incharge, Ghanta Ghar police station.
Earlier on May 26, Shah Rukh Khan pleaded guilty to smoking at SMS stadium in Jaipur during an IPL match last month. In this case, a local court has fixed June 21 as the next date of hearing.
As per the Rajasthan Prevention of Smoking Act, a person found guilty of smoking in public can be sentenced to a maximum imprisonment of six months or a fine of Rs 200.
