FIR lodged against Abhijeet Bhattacharya – Farah Khan Ali

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan‘s conviction in the Hit & Run case, sent a wave of shock throughout the country. Salman Khan’s fans and friends took to Twitter in support of the Dabangg Khan. Bollywood singer Abhijeet and jewelry designer Farah Ali Khan made un-fair remarks about the homeless people sleeping on the streets.

Singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya had tweeted,”Come out fraternity, support @BeingSalmanKhan boldly not hypocritically Roads footpath r not meant 4 sleeping, not driver’s or alcohol’s fault.Roads are meant for cars and dogs not for people sleeping on them.” Jewellery designer Farah Ali Khan, had also sought to blame the homeless.

An advocate Sudhir Kumar Ojha had filed a case against Farah Ali Khan and singer Abhijeet for their remarks against people sleeping on roads. He said that he had felt hurt by Farah’s and Abhijeet’s derogatory comment against the homeless. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Ram Chandra Prasad directed that an FIR be lodged against the two with Kazi Mohammadpur police station.

The court instructed that an FIR be filed under IPC sections 153 (wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot), 153-A (promoting enmity between different groups and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) and 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation).