Bengaluru (Karnataka):The Karnataka High Court on Thursday set aside the First Information Report (FIR) registered against Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut over her tweets in which she called the protesting farmers 'terrorists'.
Actress Kangana Ranaut had filed a criminal petition seeking cancellation of the FIR filed by the police at the Kyatasandra station in Tumkur.
The decision was taken on procedural grounds with the Court noting that the order by the Magistrate on October 9, 2020, directing registration of FIR against Ranaut was 'mechanically passed'. Hence, the Court remitted the matter back to the JFMC Magistrate for fresh consideration.
The Court also disapproved of the nature of tweets put out by Ranaut during a proceeding to read out her tweets in open court.
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