Dhruv Rathee | New Delhi, Oct. 17: A Delhi court on Saturday, October 17, issued bailable warrants against YouTuber Dhruv Rathee in a 2018 defamation case filed by a BJP IT Cell member. The move followed a report that a process server could not deliver a summons because Rathee’s residence was locked.
Judicial Magistrate Rahul Jain issued the warrants in the complaint filed by Vikas Pandey. He accused Rathee of defamation over a video uploaded to his YouTube channel.
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The court’s detailed order is awaited. It has scheduled the next hearing for October 31.
The development follows fresh summons issued to Rathee on October 12. The court noted that the complainant had been trying to serve him for several years and directed that the summons be sent to his residence in Gurugram, Haryana.
Advocate Samaksh Sharma, appearing for Pandey, told the court that Rathee ordinarily resides in Austria and had travelled to India for the Cockroach Janata Party’s protests in Delhi.
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The court records show that Rathee was initially summoned in July 2019.
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