After three notices, Kunal Kamra now reaches Bombay High Court, gets relief from Madras HC today

Mumbai: Comedian Kunal Kamra has knocked the door of Bombay High Court against the FIR registered against him. Challenging the validity, correctness and propriety of the FIR, he has filed a petition in Bombay High Court demanding cancellation of the FIR.

Recently, in a video, he had allegedly called Maharashtra Deputy CM Eknath Shinde a ‘traitor’ without naming him, after which a case was registered against Kunal Kamra at Khar Police Station in Mumbai. Kunal Kamra’s lawyer will talk about the petition before the High Court bench of Justice Sarang Kotwal and SM Modak.

Wrote a letter to Mumbai Police

Before filing a petition in the High Court, Kunal Kamra wrote a letter to Mumbai Police requesting that his statement be recorded through video conferencing. The comedian said this when the Khar Police Station issued him three summons, asking him to appear for questioning about the controversial statement.

Let us tell you that Kunal Kamra was issued a third summons on April 2, in which he was asked to appear before the police for questioning on April 5. However, Kunal Kamra failed to comply with these summons, so he requested the video-conferencing option to give his statement. Khar Police has not yet responded to Kunal Kamra’s new appeal.

On April 4, a team of Khar Police reached Puducherry to investigate the FIR registered against Kunal Kamra. Kunal Kamra is a permanent resident of Tamil Nadu. Meanwhile, Kamra got interim anticipatory bail till April 7 in the case from the Madras High Court. This bail has been given to him in the state where the FIR has not been registered, which gives temporary protection from arrest.

What are the charges against Kunal Kamra?
On March 24, Khar Police registered a case against Kunal Kamra on the complaint of Shiv Sena MLA Murji Patel. The complaint alleged that he insulted Shinde by calling him a ‘traitor’. Sources said Kunal Kamra told police officials that he would cooperate in the investigation, but he is not in Mumbai at the moment. He also told the police that he would not apologize for his remarks.

In a statement later, Kunal Kamra insisted that mocking politicians is not against the law. A part of his statement read that mocking an influential leader is not against the law. If a joke hurts someone’s feelings, it does not mean that my right to expression ends.