<p>Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Lokesh Kumar Sharma allowed exemption application filed by Shetty's counsel on his behalf on the ground that he was indisposed.<br /><br />The court had on May seven issued fresh summons to Shetty after previous summons had returned unserved because he was not residing at the given address in Mumbai.<br /><br />Earlier, it had sought the presence of the actor after Purn Chauhan, a stunt man who claimed to have helped Shetty as assistant director in the making of the upcoming film 'Little Godfather', put forth a CD purportedly containing the threats issued to him by Shetty and the underworld.<br /><br />In a complaint filed in the court in 2008, Chauhan, who is physically-challenged, alleged Shetty, who runs a production company in the name of Popcorn Entertainment, did not disburse the money to him despite taking his services in the Bollywood venture.<br /><br />Chauhan claimed he had filed the complaint in the court against Shetty after Delhi police refused to register an FIR in the matter.<br />He had claimed the actor owed about Rs 50 lakh to him as per the term and conditions of the contract.</p>
<p>Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Lokesh Kumar Sharma allowed exemption application filed by Shetty's counsel on his behalf on the ground that he was indisposed.<br /><br />The court had on May seven issued fresh summons to Shetty after previous summons had returned unserved because he was not residing at the given address in Mumbai.<br /><br />Earlier, it had sought the presence of the actor after Purn Chauhan, a stunt man who claimed to have helped Shetty as assistant director in the making of the upcoming film 'Little Godfather', put forth a CD purportedly containing the threats issued to him by Shetty and the underworld.<br /><br />In a complaint filed in the court in 2008, Chauhan, who is physically-challenged, alleged Shetty, who runs a production company in the name of Popcorn Entertainment, did not disburse the money to him despite taking his services in the Bollywood venture.<br /><br />Chauhan claimed he had filed the complaint in the court against Shetty after Delhi police refused to register an FIR in the matter.<br />He had claimed the actor owed about Rs 50 lakh to him as per the term and conditions of the contract.</p>