In a contemporary twist to the continued Shiv Sena vs Kunal Kamra row, the comic on Monday approached the Bombay Excessive Courtroom looking for the cancellation of the FIR lodged towards him. On March 24, an FIR was lodged towards Kamra on the Khar Police Station on the idea of a grievance by Shiv Sena MLA Murji Patel.
After Patel’s grievance, the police registered an FIR towards Kamra beneath Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 353(1)(b) (statements conducing to public mischief) and 356(2) (defamation).
In his plea earlier than the Excessive Courtroom, Kamra challenged the “legality, correctness, and propriety” of the FIR filed towards him. He mentioned in his plea that the complaints towards him violated his basic rights of freedom of speech and expression, proper to observe any career and enterprise and proper to life and liberty assured beneath the Structure of India.
Kamra has been on the Shiv Sena’s radar ever since his ‘gaddar’ jibe towards Maharashtra Deputy CM Eknath Shinde throughout his present in Mumbai.
The petition filed by Kamra is listed for listening to on April 21 earlier than a two-judge bench comprising Justices Sarang Kotwal and SM Modak, as per Bar and Bench. The interim safety from arrest granted to the comic by the Madras Excessive Courtroom ends right this moment.
The Madras Excessive Courtroom has granted interim anticipatory bail to Kamra until April 7. He’s a everlasting resident of Tamil Nadu.
In the meantime, Shiv Sena social media in-charge Rahool Kanal claimed on Saturday that BookMyShow has Kunal Kamra off the sale and artists record from its platforms. He thanked Ashish Hemrajani, the CEO of BookMyShow, for retaining its portal “clear and retaining such artist out of the record of pure leisure”.
He additionally mentioned that Mumbaikars love and imagine in each type of artwork however not private agendas.
“Your private contact and steering by your crew had been invaluable in navigating and reaching an answer.”
“We deeply worth your dedication to BookMyShow’s values that align with the assist, and buyer expertise, your imaginative and prescient and management are really inspiring, thanks for giving us your crew and getting this cleared on the earliest. Thanks,” Kanal mentioned.
Rahool Kanal, together with different Shiv Sainiks, was booked for allegedly vandalising the Habitat Studio in Mumbai, the place Kamra carried out the act.
In the course of the present, Kamra taunted Shinde, with out taking his identify, utilizing a modified model of the track Bholi Si Surat from the movie Dil To Pagal Hai the place he referred to as him a gaddar (traitor). He even joked about how Shinde rebelled towards Uddhav Thackeray.
Mumbai Police has issued 3 summons to Kamra, looking for his private look, however he has skipped all of them.
Kamra is at the moment believed to be in Puducherry. Three FIRs registered towards the comic at Nashik Rural, Jalgaon and Nashik (Nandgaon) have been transferred to Khar police station.
(With company inputs)
