Failing to appear in the court in spite of summons, Sunam subdivisional judicial magistrate Harsimranjit Singh today issued non-bailable warrants against the cast and crew of Punjabi movie 'Taur Mittran Di'. The warrants have been issued against actors Jimmy Shergill, Amarinder Gill, Ranvijay
Singh, actress Surveen Chawla, director Navniat Singh and Sunil Lulla from Eros International productions.
On September 11, 2012, Arpinder Singh Sidhu, president of bar association of Moonak, had filed criminal complaint against Jimmy Shergill, co-producer of the film, charging him with defaming the lawyer community and its profession. Besides Shergill and Chawla, Sunil Lulla, producer of Eros International company; actors Rannvijay Singha, Amita Pathak and Amrinder Gill; production head, Kailash Jadhav; executive producer John Cherain; associate director Amit Prasher; editor Manish More; story writer Dheeraj Rattan; and director Navniat Singh are in the dock.
In his orders on Tuesday, SDJM Harsimranjit Singh stated that in spite of summons to the accused, they had failed to attend any of the hearings, following which, bailable warrants had been issued to bring them to court.
Lawyer Harinder Lally had filed a similar complaint in Sunam against the film's cast and crew, apart from Amarinder Gill and Surveen Chawla. Last week, the Sunam SDJM had issued bailable warrants to the accused on June 6.