Bollywood producer Karim Morani has surrendered to the Mumbai Police. The Chennai Express producer was accused of rape earlier this year. His bail plea was rejected by the Court on September 22, following which he decided to surrender to the Police.
According to initial reports, Morani surrendered at the Hayathnagar police station on the city’s outskirts around midnight on September 22.
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He will be produced before a court later today. The police had booked him in January on charges of rape, wrongful confinement, criminal intimidation and cheating.
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed Morani’s petition challenging the Hyderabad High Court’s verdict cancelling his bail.
The High Court on September 5 had upheld the decision of the sessions court cancelling Morani’s bail.
Morani was booked for cheating, rape, wrongful confinement), criminal intimidation), and cohabitation caused by a man deceitfully inducing a belief of marriage under the Indian Penal Code.
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