Khushi Gupta
Published on: April 5, 2022 at 17:50 IST
The Bombay High Court granted Interim Relief to Actor Salman Khan and stayed the Summon till May 5, 2022, issued by the Andheri Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court on a Journalists’ 2019 complaint Alleging Criminal Intimidation.
Journalist Ashok Pandey had Alleged that Khan had snatched his mobile phone while cycling on a Mumbai-street when some media persons started clicking his photos. The actor argued with him and then threatened him, he added.
Justice Revati Mohite Dere passed the Order on a Quashing Petition filed by Khan Challenging the Magistrate’s Order issuing Process and Summoning Khan and his bodyguard Nawaz Shaikh on Pandey’s complaint.
Senior Advocate Aabad Ponda for Khan argued that he only asked his bodyguard to stop Pandey from taking any pictures and if anyone had to be Prosecuted it is the bodyguard and not him. Ponda further submitted that Verification under Section 200 which was a pre-requisite to Issuance of Process was not done in this Case.
Advocate Ejaz Naqvi appearing on behalf of the complainant submitted that the Pandey was in trauma. He sought time to File a Reply.
Observing that Pandey was a Journalist and would not have been kept quiet, the Court granted him four weeks to File the Reply and posted the matter for hearing on May 5.
The Justice further ordered the stay of Summons till next hearing.
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