Stars' brush with law

Pretty boy John Abraham is the latest addiction to the 'bad-boy' brigade. A case of rash and negligent driving was filed against him in 2006, and he has finally been sentenced to 15 days' imprisonment. However the actor has been released on bail.

As news of rape charges against Shiney Ahuja comes to light, here's a look at the darker side of our shining Bollywood stars. Ahuja's maid has lodged an FIR against him for raping her when the two were alone at home, the police is still to announce the results of her medical test to prove her charges.

He makes films with a social twist, but Madhur Bhandarkar is among those in Bollywood who have been charged with rape. Actress Preeti Jain levied these charges against him in 2005.

In 2005, the phenomenon of casting-couch made headlines in India when a sting operation caught actor Shakti Kapoor demanding sex of a young girl in exchange of helping her build her career.

Also in 2005, actor Aman Verma was caught in a sting operation propositioning a girl, asking for sexual favours in exchange of career-related help.

Actor Sanjay Dutt's criminal record is perhaps most widely known, as he was accused of having connections with the underworld and for possessing illegal weapons.

Actor Salman Khan too has a number of charges against him, from a drunken driving hit-and-run case to the killing of sacred, endangered blackbucks to physically abusing his girlfriend Aishwarya Rai.

Saif Ali Khan was among the actors who were charged for hunting a blackbuck along with Salman Khan. Lately, some assault charges have also been levied against Saif, the foremost being the manhandling of a journalist.

Tabu was also among the people charged with the killing of the blackbuck, or rather with aiding the crime along with Salman and Saif Ali Khan.

While it is not a criminal charge, there was a warrant against Akshay Kumar and his wife Twinkle Khanna on charges of obscenity for their unbuttoning act during the Lakme Fashion Week in 2009.