Richard Gere and Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty, saying their kiss at reports said.
awareness in New Delhi sparked protests in some parts of India, mostly by Hindu vigilante groups, who saw it as an outrage against her modesty and an affront to Indian culture.
of Jaipur after a local lawyer, Poonam Chand Bhandar, filed a local sensibilities, the Press Trust of India news agency reported.
Gupta earlier viewed television footage of the event, which he strict public obscenity laws.
saying.
The court summoned Shetty to appear on May 5, Bhandari said, adding that a warrant had also been issued for Gere's arrest.
Gere, 57, can be sent to jail for up to three months or fined or both. He is not in India now.
comment on the incident or the ruling.
The spokesman, Alan Nierob, said Gere was home in New York and had resumed work promoting his latest film, The Hoax.
The Hollywood star, whose hit films include Pretty Woman and An Officer and a Gentleman, is a devout Buddhist and a vocal supporter of the Tibetan cause.
He visits India frequently to meet the Dalai Lama, who lives in exile in northern India.
people and orphans, as well as AIDS prevention groups in the country.
television channels aired footage of the event.
Shetty, who is currently on a religious pilgrimage in southern India, was upset by the news, her spokesman, Dale Bhagwagar, said.
"She does hurt, she does feel low," Bhagwagar told The Associated Press.
"She feels she is being constantly targeted, but anyone who knows her well knows she can't be put down."
"Shilpa wishes that people would focus on the real issue, AIDS awareness, and not three pecks on her cheek," he said, adding that she had not yet received any court summons.
it was not obscene and the protests made India look regressive.
We Dance? to entertain the audience at the AIDS event and communicate in a Bollywood style as he did not speak Hindi.
peck on the cheek.
Shetty, already well known in India, became an international Brother - another controversial public appearance.
by making allegedly racist comments to Shetty.
Mobs took to the streets of India to denounce Goody, and Shetty went on to win the competition.
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