Bombay HC To Hear Kangana Ranaut's Plea Against FIR Alleging Communal Hate Speech
Kangana Ranaut had moved Bombay High Court on Monday (November 23) and filed a plea seeking to quash the FIR registered against her and her sister Rangoli Chandel.
Kangana
Ranaut
had
moved
Bombay
High
Court
on
Monday
(November
23)
and
filed
a
plea
seeking
to
quash
the
FIR
registered
against
her
and
her
sister
Rangoli
Chandel.
According
to
reports,
Bombay
HC
will
be
hearing
her
plea
against
the
FIR
lodged
against
the
sisters
Kangana
and
Rangoli
saying
that
they
tried
to
create
a
divide
between
communities
with
their
social
media
posts.
The
FIR
was
registered
by
casting
director
and
fitness
trainer
Munnawar
Ali
Sayyed
in
October.
He
alleged
that
the
sisters
were
using
their
tweets
to
spread
communal
hate.
The
Bandra
Metropolitan
Magistrate
ordered
the
Mumbai
Police
to
investigate
the
case,
post
which
Kangana
and
Rangoli
were
booked
under
sections
153A
(promoting
enmity
between
different
groups),
295A
(deliberate
and
malicious
act
to
outrage
religious
feelings
of
any
class
by
insulting
their
religion)
and
124A
(sedition)
of
the
Indian
Penal
Code.
Kangana's
Plea
On
the
other
hand,
the
sisters
in
their
plea
urged
the
Bombay
HC
to
stay
the
summons
issued
to
them
to
appear
before
the
Mumbai
Police
for
questioning.
They
have
also
pleaded
before
the
Bombay
HC
to
direct
the
Mumbai
Police
to
not
take
any
coercive
steps
against
them.
Kangana
And
Rangoli
Have
Been
Summoned
By
Mumbai
Police
Previously,
summons
were
sent
to
Kangana
Ranaut
and
Rangoli
Chandel
to
appear
before
the
Bandra
Police
in
connection
with
the
case,
but
citing
their
brother's
wedding
they
asked
for
a
later
date.
Last
week,
Mumbai
Police
had
issued
fresh
summons
and
an
aide
to
appear
for
questioning
in
the
case.
Kangana
was
asked
to
appear
at
the
Bandra
police
station
on
November
23
and
Rangoli
on
November
24.
Kangana
Ranaut
Will
Be
Seen
In
Thalaivi
On
the
work
front,
Kangana
has
completed
the
workshops
for
her
upcoming
film
Tejas,
which
is
set
to
be
directed
by
Sarvesh
Mewara.
Ranaut
will
also
be
seen
in
former
Tamil
Nadu
CM
late
Jayalalithaa's
biopic
Thalaivi,
and
action
thriller
Dhaakad.