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An actor who is seen using drugs in a movie cannot be booked for substance abuse as it cannot be assumed that he or she had actually used the drugs, the high court has held. If such reasoning is adopted, actors in villainous roles would have to be booked for murder, arson, or rape, the court added.

An actor who is seen using drugs in a movie cannot be booked for substance abuse as it cannot be assumed that he or she had actually used the drugs, the Kerala High Court has held. If such reasoning is adopted, actors in villainous roles would have to be booked for murder, arson, or rape, the court added.