STATE TIMES NEWS
NEW DELHI: High Court of Calcutta has quashed an FIR and stayed all the proceedings against veteran Bollywood actor and BJP leader Paresh Rawal in a case concerning the controversial statement made by him, allegedly passing some allegedly defamatory comments about the Bengali community during his campaign in Gujrat Assembly Election -2022. The High Court has also asked the police authorities of the State not to initiate any action till further notice.
The FIR against Paresh Rawal was registered on December 2, 2022 under Sections 153/153A/ 153B/504/505 of IPC.
Advocate Varun Chugh, counsel for the Padma Shri Paresh Rawal, said that the FIR was registered with an intention to gain political mileage with ulterior motives. It is evident that it is a politically motivated FIR to damage the reputation of celebrity and public figure of his client, he said.
” Section 41A of CRPC summon notice were sent thrice to my client raising a reasonable doubt as to the malafide intention behind the FIR and it was tainted with colours of political vendetta and filed only for ulterior reasons of the complainant and other politically influenced persons in state of West Bengal”, Advocate Chugh added. Writ Petition was filed before the High Court of Calcutta against the FIR registered by Taltala Police Station on the basis of the purported complaint dated December 1, 2022.