Salman Khan challenges summons issued by Mumbai courtroom on journalist’s plaint in HC

Salman‘s plea will probably be heard by a single bench of Justice Revati Mohite Dere on Tuesday.

A civil courtroom had final month issued course of (summons) to Salman and his bodyguard Nawaz Shaikh and directed them to seem earlier than it on April 5.

The actor in his plea has sought the HC to quash the decrease courtroom order issuing course of and has additionally hunted for the method (summons) to be stayed by the best way of interim aid.

Journalist Ashok Pandey had filed a personal grievance earlier than the Justice of the Peace’s courtroom looking for felony motion to be initiated towards Salman Khan and Shaikh.

Metropolitan Justice of the Peace R R Khan had on March 23 issued course of to Salman and Shaikh after noting {that a} police report submitted within the matter said that offences underneath Indian Penal Code Sections 504 (intentional insult with intent to impress breach of peace) and 506 (felony intimidation) are made out towards the accused individuals.

Pandey had alleged that the actor had snatched his cell phone whereas biking on a Mumbai road when some media individuals began clicking his images. The actor had allegedly entered into an argument and threatened him, Pandey stated in his grievance.

The Justice of the Peace’s courtroom had earlier directed the D N Nagar police right here to conduct an inquiry and submit a report.

After perusing the report, the courtroom held that there have been enough grounds to proceed towards the accused individuals.

The issuance of a course of marks the start of felony proceedings earlier than a metropolitan or judicial Justice of the Peace based mostly on a grievance lodged by a person.

The Justice of the Peace courtroom points the method if it finds prima facie substance within the allegations made within the grievance.

As soon as the method is issued, the accused individuals have to seem earlier than the courtroom.