Gere escapes court for kissing Shilpa Shetty

India’s top court has suspended an arrest warrant against Hollywood star Richard Gere, for breaking public obscenity laws by kissing Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty at a public Aids awareness event last year.

“Gere is allowed to come and leave. He can’t be arrested,” said Anil Grover, Shetty’s lawyer, after attending the court proceedings.

Chief Justice K. G. Balakrishnan and Justice R. V. Raveendran put an indefinite hold on an arrest warrant issued against Gere by a court in the north-western Indian city of Jaipur last year.

Gere is a frequent visitor to India, promoting health issues and the cause of Tibetan exiles.