Actor and self-proclaimed critic Kamaal R. Khan, who was arrested and sent to police custody in a firing incident in the Oshiwara area of Mumbai, has been granted bail on a personal bond of Rs 25,000.
His advocate Sana Raees Khan argued that his arrest was illegal, arbitrary and contrary to law, as mandatory notice under Section 35(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 was never served upon the Applicant prior to arrest.
She said that the Applicant was never informed of the specific grounds of arrest, either orally or in writing, in violation of Article 22(1) of the Constitution of India and Section 47 BNSS, thereby vitiating the entire arrest.
KRK has claimed that his constant criticism of the films, production houses, actors have got him under the scanner of the who’s who of the Hindi film industry, and the same people are not exacting revenge from him.
KRK’s lawyer said that an unidentified man opened fire at two different flats. The distance between the two buildings is 400 meters and the range of weapons is 20 meters.
He said in a statement, “I don’t know the man. There is no acquaintance, there was no intention to fire. Because I comment on Facebook, people from the film industry are targeting me. There was no such intention, I have a license. I’m a businessman. I have been in Mumbai for the last many years, there is no chance of me running away”. (IANS)
