Actor Alok Nath has been granted Anticipatory Bail Application (ABA) in the Dindoshi sessions court on Saturday, reports ANI. The actor had filed an anticipatory bail application in Dindoshi court in Mumbai after a rape case was registered against Nath based on a complaint filed by a writer-producer who accused him of raping her 19 years ago. However, as per Mid-Day, his application for bail was rejected by the court.

The advocate who represented the complainant stated that the bail was rejected primarily because they had also sought time to file an intervention application which opposed Nath's plea. Thus, the matter at the point was adjourned in court till 20 December.

The case follows the incident on 8 October when a writer-producer accused Nath of raping her 20 years ago when she was was working TV show Tara, in a lengthy Facebook status. She had alleged that Nath sexually assaulted her on more than one occasion after he was fired from the 1993 show for misbehaving with its lead actor Navneet Nishan.

Alok Nath and his wife Ashu responded to her allegations by filing a defamation suit in the Dindoshi sessions court, seeking Rs 1 in damages. On 17 October, the screen-writer filed a complaint against Nath Oshiwara police station. He was booked for rape by Mumbai Police on 21 November.