Court summons Netflix and its officials in a criminal case filed by Sahara

The court of Special Chief Judicial Magistrate, Lucknow on Wednesday issued summons to Netflix India Director Abhishek Nag, documentary director Nick Read, and Netflix Producer Reva Sharma, directing their appearance before it on November 15 in the matter of a criminal complaint filed by Sahara, for making and publishing an “outrageous and highly defamatory” documentary/trailer titled “Bad Boy Billionaires”.

The accused will be tried under section 500, 501, and 502 of Indian Penal Code.

Before issuing the process, the court took cognisance of the offences committed by the accused persons and recorded statements of complainant and their witnesses and after being satisfied with the evidence, proceeded further to issue summons for trial of the accused persons, for the offences allegedly committed by the accused.