Kochi | The Kerala High Court on Wednesday quashed the FIR registered against Malayalam film actor Shwetha Menon for allegedly publishing or transmitting obscene scenes of some of her past movies and advertisements.

Justice C S Dias allowed the actor's plea seeking quashing of the FIR against her.

The detailed order is awaited.

The High Court had in August last year stayed proceedings in connection with the FIR, saying there was prima facie substance in the actor's contention that before referring the complaint for investigation, the requirements of calling for a report from the police and of making an enquiry ought to have been complied with.

An FIR under section 67 (publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic form) of the Information Technology (IT) Act and provisions of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act has been lodged against the actor.

Menon was in the fray for the president's post in the Association of Malayalam Movie Artistes (AMMA) when the FIR was lodged.

She was later elected as the president of AMMA.

In her plea, the actor had claimed that the allegations are "mala fide" in nature and the offences she has been booked for are not made out.

She had also contended that the complaint was filed in the wake of her filing nomination for the post of AMMA president.

The complainant, Martin Menachery, had alleged that "by appearing in a condom advertisement years before and by acting in films like 'Paleri Manikkyam', 'Rathinirvedham' and 'Kalimannu', the accused (Menon) allegedly appeared in a vulgar and obscene manner".

Menon had contended that the films referred to in the complaint were duly censored and certified and have been available in the public domain for several years now.

She had also said that the character portrayed by her in the movie 'Paleri Manikyam' bagged her a Kerala State Award for best actress.

Even the advertisement, in which she appeared years ago, was duly censored and certified, the plea had said.

"The allegation of the petitioner (Menon) being privy to running porn sites is absurd and per se defamatory," it had contended.