Justice M K Sharma, in an order passed recently on a contempt petition by Reoti Saran Sharma, the dialogue writer of the serial, accepted Khan's apology but asked him to furnish a bank guarantee of Rs three-lakh for payment to the writer pending final disposal of the case.

The court accepted the apology on an affidavit before the court which said the ``omissions and mistake was bona fide'' on his part.

A Division Bench of the High Court, on May 31 and September 5, 1995, while allowing Khan to telecast the serial by an interim order on a suit filed by Sharma, had laid down four conditions which included payment of Rs 4.6 lakh to the writer and execution of a Rs three-lakh bank guarantee.

The court, by another order on September 2 last, had restrained Khan from telecasting theserial with any other name or title.

The court said the telecast of the serial would be allowed only after the bank guarantee was furnished. Sharma's Rs seven-lakh suit against Khan for alleged violation of the contract on a script for the serial is pending before the court.