Tandav Controversy: Bombay HC Grants Relief From Immediate Arrest To Director Ali Abbas Zafar
After several FIRs were filed against the makers of Tandav all across India, they approached the Bombay High Court for transit anticipatory bail on Wednesday
After
several
FIRs
were
filed
against
the
makers
of
Tandav
all
across
India,
they
approached
the
Bombay
High
Court
for
transit
anticipatory
bail
on
Wednesday
(January
20).
According
to
reports,
the
move
came
after
Uttar
Pradesh
police
landed
in
Mumbai
to
investigate
a
case
filed
against
them
in
Lucknow
on
January
18.
On
Wednesday,
Ali
Abbas
Zafar
approached
the
single
bench
of
Justice
Prakash
D
Naik
at
around
4.30
pm.
The
director's
advocate
Abaad
Ponda
sought
protection
till
the
time
of
approaching
the
appropriate
court
in
Uttar
Pradesh.
Ponda
sought
transit
anticipatory
bail
for
eight
weeks
and
argued
that
the
content
has
already
been
deleted
from
the
show.
However,
Ali
was
granted
relief
from
immediate
arrest
for
three
weeks.
A
report
in
India
Today
revealed
that
apart
from
Ali,
head
of
India
Originals
of
Amazon
Prime
Video-
Aparna
Purohit,
and
producer
Himanshu
Mehra
were
also
granted
similar
relief
by
the
court.
Aparna
Purohit
in
her
plea
stated
that
she
has
been
wrongly
implicated
in
the
offences
mentioned
in
the
FIR,
and
that
the
allegations
have
not
been
made
against
her
in
her
personal
capacity.
Meanwhile,
Yogesh
Nakhwa,
additional
public
prosecutor,
opposed
the
plea
saying
that
the
accused
should
appear
before
the
Lucknow
court
and
seek
similar
relief
instead
of
approaching
the
Bombay
High
Court.
According
to
report,
a
UP
Police
team
led
by
Inspector
Anil
Kumar
Singh
will
be
investigating
the
case
with
the
help
of
Mumbai
Police.
The
special
team
landed
in
Mumbai
on
Wednesday
(January
20)
and
met
the
Joint
Commissioner
of
Mumbai
Police.
Apart
from
the
FIR
filed
in
Lucknow,
another
FIR
was
filed
in
Mumbai
after
BJP
Leader
Ram
Kadam's
complaint.
A
new
case
was
registered
in
Greater
Nodia,
followed
by
another
in
Jabalpur,
a
town
in
Madhya
Pradesh
on
a
complaint
by
a
functionary
of
a
Hindutva
outfit.