Court rejects dowry harassment requests against actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui

A relief for actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui. A court has rejected two pleas filed against him by his ‘former’ wife Zianab for alleged dowry harassment. According to news agency PTI, Nawazuddin’s lawyers said Zainab filed multiple complaints against the actor falsely claiming to be his wife.

‘Two cases filed before a magistrate's court were dismissed (on February 21) after we produced the couple's divorce papers,’ the actor's lawyers, Adnan Shaikh and Drishti Khurana, said.

The cases were filed against Nawazuddin Siddiqui based on marriage documents. Legitimate documents of divorce were concealed from the court, the lawyers said.

In petitions filed before the magistrate's court, Zainab sought direction to the Versova police station in suburban Mumbai for registering an FIR (first information report) against the actor and his mother under IPC sections 498A( dowry harassment), 509 (to provide protection to women) and other related provisions.

The Versova police had booked Zainab for alleged trespass and voluntarily causing hurt on a complaint of the actor's mother, Mehrunisa Siddiqui in January.

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