Salman Khan: Bombay High Court on Thursday quashed an FIR filed against Salman Khan by a journalist in 2019. The actor and his bodyguard Nawaz Shaikh were accused of snatching the journalist’s phone. He had filed a complaint against Salman for assault and misconduct.
On Thursday, Justice Bharati Dangre quashed the FIR and also said that Salman will not have to appear in Andheri Court.
Snatched phone while riding cycle
A journalist had alleged in April 2019 that Salman snatched his phone while riding his cycle in Mumbai. In his complaint, the journalist also said that Salman threatened him and started an argument.
According to reports, the court found discrepancies in the journalist’s statement. Justice Dangre said, “After two months you realised phataka mara tha, assault kiya tha? Immediately, you don’t say mujhe mara or assaulted, but after two months you say you were assaulted. See your first complaint to the police.”
The Magistrate Court sought a report from the DN Nagar police station where the complaint was filed. Based on the ‘positive police report’ under Section 202 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) and other material, the Magistrate found there was sufficient ground to proceed against Salman.
Magistrate’s order to Salman
The Magistrate observed that offences under Section 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace), 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code had been made out against the accused and summoned him to personally remain present in court.
Salman then moved to the High Court which stayed the order in April 2022. He also sought for quashing of the complaint against him. Appearing on behalf of the actor, senior advocate Aabad Ponda submitted that he had only asked his bodyguards to stop the journalist from shooting photos/videos of him.
On the work front
Salman is gearing up for the release of Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan co-starring Pooja Hegde, Shehnaaz Gill, Palak Tiwari, Raghav Juyal, Siddharth Nigam, and others. Directed by Farhad Samji, it is slated to release on Eid 2023. He also has Tiger 3 with Katrina Kaif and Emraan Hashmi in the pipeline. It will release on Diwali 2023.
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