Aurangabad court grants relief to Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra in Rang De Basanti copyright infringement case

The Aurangabad court has granted relief to director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra in Rang De Basanti copyright case. A writer named Mustaq Mohsin had claimed that he had discussed a script titled Inquilab with Rakeysh who in turn used the same for his film.

After the Aurangabad sessions court granted relief to film producer Rohinton Screwvala, the Magistrate court in Aurangabad has discharged filmmaker Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra in a copyright infringement criminal case. A writer named Mustaq Mohsin had claimed that he had discussed a script titled Inquilab with Rakeysh who in turn used the same for his film Rang de Basanti which was released in 2006.

Mustaq Mohsin had filed the complaint before the court and issued process against Rakeysh and Rohinton Screwvala, the film's producer. However, during the course of the hearing, Rakeysh moved an application for discharge on the ground that no offence is made to issue process. The filmmaker argued that Mohsin's complaint did not make out ingredients of the offence and suppressed material facts misleading the court to obtain order of issue process.