BackBombay HC quashes 2019 complaint against Salman Khan, his bodyguard
Bombay High Court also quashed the process (summons) issued to Salman Khan and Shaikh by a lower court last year. In March 2022, a magistrate's court had issued the process to Khan along with Shaikh and directed them to appear before it on April 5.
PremiumBombay High Court on Thursday quashed a 2019 complaint lodged against actor Salman Khan by a journalist alleging misbehavior. A single bench of Justice Bharati Dangre said the applications filed by Khan and his bodyguard Nawaz Shaikh are allowed.
The court also quashed the process (summons) issued to Khan and Shaikh by a lower court last year. In March 2022, a magistrate's court had issued the process to Khan along with Shaikh and directed them to appear before it on April 5.
The order was passed in a complaint filed against the duo by journalist Ashok Pandey alleging he was threatened and assaulted by them, according to the news agency PTI.
Last April, Khan approached the high court challenging the summons. The court on April 5, 2022, stayed the summons pending a hearing of the actor's petition. Shaikh too later filed a petition challenging the summons, which was also stayed by HC.
Pandey had alleged that in April 2019, Khan and Shaikh abused and assaulted him for filming the actor while he was cycling on the road. He had filed a private complaint before the magistrate seeking action against the actor.
In his petition, Khan had claimed there were contradictions and improvisations in Pandey's complaint and that he had not said anything to Pandey at the time of the alleged incident, PTI reported.
Metropolitan Magistrate R R Khan had issued process to Khan and Shaikh after noting a police report submitted in the matter stated that offenses under Indian Penal Code Sections 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace) and 506 (criminal intimidation) are made out against the accused persons.
The journalist had alleged the actor snatched his mobile phone while cycling on a Mumbai street when some media persons started clicking his photos. The actor had allegedly entered into an argument and threatened him, Pandey said in his complaint.
The issuance of a process marks the beginning of criminal proceedings before a metropolitan or judicial magistrate based on a complaint lodged by an individual, as per PTI reports.
The magistrate court issues the process if it finds prima facie substance in the allegations made in the complaint. Once the process is issued, the accused persons have to appear before the court.
(With PTI inputs)
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