Bhandarkar gets SC relief in rape case

Jain had lodged a complaint with the Versova police in July 2004 alleging that Bhandarkar had raped her 16 times between 1999 and 2004 under the pretext of casting her in his films.

A Mumbai trial court had last year given the green signal to commence criminal proceedings against the filmmaker,a National Award winner.

In September 2011,the police had filed a report stating that the case against Bhandarkar was false. But the trial court rejected the report,saying there was prima facie case against Bhandarkar.