Joke row: Madras HC extends interim safety for Kunal Kamra until April 17 | India Information

Standup comic Kunal Kamra (File Picture)

CHENNAI: The Madras Excessive Court docket on Monday prolonged the interim safety towards arrest granted to slapstick comedian Kunal Kamara till April 17. This safety is in reference to FIRs registered towards him for his alleged remarks towards the Maharashtra deputy chief minister.
“Interim safety granted will proceed. Within the meantime, the petitioner ought to take steps to strategy the suitable court docket,” Justice Sunder Mohan mentioned. On March 28, the court docket granted interim anticipatory bail to the comic, a resident of Villupuram, till April 7.
When the plea got here up for listening to on Monday, counsel for the petitioner, V Suresh, submitted that proof of serving personal discover to Mumbai police was filed. “Three extra FIRs have been registered. The hostility in direction of the petitioner continues to be persevering with. They (Mumbai police) have gone to his home and disturbed his aged mother and father. Even individuals who attended the present had been summoned,” Suresh mentioned.
Recording the submissions, the choose directed the registry to confirm if personal discover was served to Mumbai police. The court docket additionally directed the registry to print the identify of Mumbai police within the trigger record.
In response to the petitioner, the allegation towards him was that he made sure remarks in a stand-up comedy present titled ‘Naya Bharat’ concerning the deputy chief minister. He additional submitted that the allegation doesn’t warrant custodial interrogation and that he was unable to hunt anticipatory bail in Maharashtra. Counsel for the petitioner submitted {that a} life risk was made towards him by partymen and the ministers.
Though the FIR was registered in Khar, Mumbai, Maharashtra, the petitioner is in search of anticipatory bail from this court docket as he resides inside the jurisdiction of this court docket and fears imminent arrest by the hands of Mumbai police if he had been to journey to Mumbai and search common anticipatory bail.