The
Bombay
High
Court
extends
interim
relief
to
Kangana
Ranaut
and
sister
Rangoli
Chandel
in
the
sedition
case.
According
to
reports,
on
Monday
(January
11),
the
court
observed
serious
reservations
over
invoking
the
penal
section
of
sedition
against
the
actress
and
extended
the
interim
protection
till
January
25.
A
report
by
ANI
News
said,
"The
high
court
was
hearing
the
petition
filed
by
actor
Ranaut
seeking
to
quash
FIR
filed
against
her
in
Bandra
Police
station.
The
court
has
adjourned
the
hearing
till
January
25,
giving
relief
to
sisters
-
Kangana
Ranaut
and
Rangoli
Chandel
from
any
coercive
action
against
them
by
police."
The
court
reportedly
ordered
the
Mumbai
Police
not
to
call
the
sisters
for
questioning
until
the
next
hearing.
For
the
unversed,
Kangana
and
Rangoli
had
filed
a
plea
in
the
court
seeking
a
stay
on
the
investigation
against
them,
and
that
the
FIR
registered
against
them
be
quashed.
A
division
bench
of
Justice
SS
Shinde
and
Manish
Pitale
while
hearing
Ranaut
and
her
sister's
plea
against
the
case,
asked
that
a
complainant
is
to
be
file
as
a
response
to
Ranaut's
plea
to
quash
the
FIR.
Back
in
November
2020,
the
court
had
provided
protection
to
the
sisters
against
arrest,
questioning
the
use
of
IPC
124-A
(sedition)
in
the
complaint.
On
January
11,
the
court
added,
"We
anyway
have
serious
reservations
about
invoking
124A
of
IPC."
Notably,
a
case
was
registered
against
Kangana
and
Rangoli
at
Bandra
Police
Station
on
October
17,
2020,
for
allegedly
posting
derogatory
tweets
against
Muslims
on
Twitter.
Both
sisters
appeared
before
Bandra
Police
on
January
8,
2021,
to
give
their
statements
in
the
matter.