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Salman Khan and Shilpa Shetty get big relief from Rajasthan High Court, will be able to take a sigh of relief for the first time after 7 years

Churu : Rajasthan High Court’s single bench of Justice Arun Monga has given a big decision in the FIR related to SC-ST Act registered against actors Salman Khan and Shilpa Raj Kundra. Order has been given to cancel the FIR against Shilpa Shetty. Actually, this whole matter was related to an interview, which was shot in the year 2013. An FIR was lodged in the Kotwali police station of Churu against the statements given by actors Salman Khan and Shilpa Shetty during that interview. Whereas SC ST Act 2015 has been amended. In such a situation, a case was filed in 2017 regarding the incident of 2013, which is not even under the provisions of the Act.

The matter was related to the shows of 2013 and 2017.

On December 22, 2017, Ashok Panwar of Valmiki Samaj had filed a case against Salman Khan and Shilpa Shetty under the SC-ST Act at the Kotwali police station in Churu. He said that the word ‘Bhangi’ was used by Shilpa Shetty in a 2013 TV interview, in which actor Salman Khan was also present. According to the complaint given to the police, the use of this word had allegedly hurt the sentiments of the Valmiki community. After the case was registered, the investigating officer issued a notice on 18 January 2018.

Filing FIR without inquiry is illegal: HC

During the hearing, the High Court said that for a crime to be certified under the SC/ST Act, intention to hurt someone is necessary, which is not visible in the applicant’s case. The High Court also made it clear that for registering an FIR under the SC-ST Act, it is necessary to conduct section and preliminary investigation. It is illegal to register FIR under SC-ST Act without inquiry.

Do it to attract media attention: HC

The High Court said that statements made by public figures are sometimes exaggerated by some people to attract media attention. The Court also said that no one can be held criminally liable unless there is malice or intent to cause harm. Statements made by public figures are sometimes exaggerated by unknown members of the public in order to attract media attention.

High Court asked to cancel FIR for this reason

At the same time, the court has also considered the delay in registering the FIR in the case of the complainant as a reason. In this case, the High Court has not accepted any allegation of promoting enmity between groups on the basis of religion, caste or place of birth. Nor did the court agree to hurt the sentiments of people belonging to the Valmiki community. While hearing the entire case, Justice Arun Monga of the single bench of the Rajasthan High Court ordered the cancellation of the FIR registered against Shilpa Shetty at the Kotwali Churu police station. Gave orders for. In this case, on behalf of Shilpa Shetty, advocate Prashant Patil and advocate Gopal Sandhu presented the side of actress Shilpa Raj Kundra. Vikram Rajpurohit advocated this case on behalf of the state government.

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