On Tuesday, the Karnataka High Court provided interim relief to Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh by ordering state police not to take any coercive action against him in relation to an FIR lodged against him on allegations of him imitating a character in the Kannada movie, Kantara. Nevertheless, the court delivered great oral remarks stating that the actor had no right to commit what he has done and ought to have taken more caution.
Justice M Nagaprasanna gave notice to the petition of Singh to quash the complaint made privately and also the FIR filed in regard to a request made by a court in Bengaluru. The case has been adjourned to a later hearing date of March 2 and the court ordered that no person should be forced to take action against the actor before the date.
Singh was charged with Section 196, 299 and 302 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) such as inseminating hatred among the communities, insulting religious sentiments, and mischief. A city based lawyer filed the complaint, claiming Singh on one occasion, when he was present at the 56 th International Film Festival of India in Panaji, imitated the role of actor Rishab Shetty in the film Kantara Chapter 1 and made an objectionable reference to a popular local deity.
In the hearing, the court also emphasized the accountability of public personalities since the religious feelings cannot be taken lightly. Although the counsel of Singh claimed that no one intentionally intended to hurl an offensive remark and that it was an insensitive statement, the court observed that even in the absence of the intent, the act might be a sign of gross ignorance.
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