Madras HC grants interim anticipatory bail to comic Kunal Kamra
Madras Excessive Courtroom on Friday granted interim anticipatory bail to comic Kunal Kamra, who’s embroiled in an issue over his purported jokes on Maharashtra deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde.
The court docket granted Kamra the aid provided that he execute a bond to the satisfaction of the judicial Justice of the Peace at Vanur in Villupuram district in Tamil Nadu. Justice Sunder Mohan additionally issued discover to the second respondent (R2-Khar Police) and posted the matter to 7 April.
Kamra had submitted that he moved to Tamil Nadu from Mumbai in 2021 and has been “ordinarily a resident of this State since then” and that he feared arrest by Mumbai Police. The choose famous that the petitioner, who’s residing in Villupuram district, apprehends arrest within the case registered on the file of R-2 towards him.
Counsel for the petitioner submitted that the allegation towards the petitioner was that he made sure remarks throughout a standup comedy act on the deputy chief minister, in a YouTube video titled Naya Bharat.
In line with the prosecution, the remarks harmed the status of the deputy CM, although Kamra didn’t point out anybody by title.
Counsel additional submitted that the allegation didn’t warrant custodial interrogation, and Kamra was unable to hunt anticipatory bail in Maharashtra.
Counsel for the petitioner submitted {that a} life menace was made towards him by staff of a political social gathering (the Shinde faction of the Shiv Sena) and a couple of state minister. He sought anticipatory bail to allow him to method the court docket in Maharashtra.
Citing a judgment of the Supreme Courtroom, the choose mentioned the petitioner prima facie glad as to why he was unable to method a court docket in Maharashtra instantly. Therefore, he directed issuing discover to R2. “In the mean time, this court docket is inclined to grant anticipatory bail until 7 April. He ought to execute a bond to the satisfaction of Judicial Justice of the Peace, Vanur,” the court docket mentioned.
