LUDHIANA: A local court on Wednesday granted bail to Bollywood actress Rakhi Sawant after she surrendered in a case about her alleged disparaging remarks against sage Valmiki. The next date of hearing of the case in the court of Judicial Magistrate Vishav Gupta is on September 19.Rakhi’s counsel R S Mand said that she abided by the direction of the Sessions Court to surrender before the trial court by August 25 and was granted bail after furnishing a bond of Rs 1 lakh and fulfilling other legal requirements. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 2,000 on the witness who had filed his surety on July 6 as Rakhi had failed to appear then.On July 15 last year, advocate Narinder Aadia had filed a complaint against Rakhi accusing her of making inflammatory remarks against the sage and hurting the religious sentiments of the Valmiki community. The complainant had also alleged that Rakhi had uploaded a related video on social media.Talking to mediapersons outside the court, Rakhi said that she had publically apologised to Aadia and members of the Valmiki community and she had great respect for the sage. Meanwhile the counsel for complainant Munish Purang said that they would fight the case till the end and wait for the judgment. The case has reached the witness stage and now the evidence would be produced against the accused. He added that the accused would have to appear before the court in the coming hearings.Meanwhile a high voltage drama was witnessed in the district courts as large number of curious onlookers reached the court complex after hearing the news about Rakhi’s appearance. There were also reports of manhandling of some photojournalists by cops as they tried to click her pictures.