Thane: Marathi actor Ketaki Chitale gets bail in Atrocities Act case

A court here on Thursday granted bail to Marathi actor Ketaki Chitale in a case registered against her under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Prevention of Atrocities Act in neighbouring Navi Mumbai in 2020Chitale however wont be released from jail immediately as she is currently in judicial custody in another case where she is accused of sharing an objectionable post about NCP chief Sharad Pawar on social mediaAdvocate Yogesh Deshpande her lawyer told PTI that Additional Sessions Judge A S Bhagwat granted her bail in the Atrocities Act case on a surety of Rs 25000Rabale police in Navi Mumbai had registered a case against Chitale a TV and film actor on March 3 2020 based on a complaint by Swapnil Jagtap a member of the Ambedkar Yuva sangh The complaint related to a Facebook postOn May 14 2022 Thane police arrested Chitale for sharing a Marathi verse which allegedly referred to NCP chief Sharad Pawar in a derogatory way on FacebookOn Thursday she challenged her arrest in this case before the Bombay High CourtAlso Read Group of advocates meet Maharashtra Governor seek CBI probe into cases against Ketaki ChitaleHer plea filed through advocate Deshpande stated that the Thane police should have given her a notice under section 41A of the Criminal Procedure Code CrPC and allowed her to appear before a police officerSection 41A of the CrPC mandates that in cases where arrest is not immediately necessary the police shall first issue a notice to the person to join probeChitale alleged that instead of sending her a notice the Thane police telephoned her and asked her to report to the police station where she was arrestedThe film and TV actor further claimed that she had merely shared a poem penned by someone else and it did not name the NCP chiefThe 29yearold actor is currently facing over 20 FIRs regarding the Facebook post allegedly referring to PawarThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever