Judicial process shouldn’t be a means for needless harassment of a celebrity to satisfy the vendetta of a complainant who assumed he was insulted, the Bombay High Court observed in its detailed order.
Journalist Ashok Pandey had alleged that in April 2019 he and his cameraperson were trying to film Salman Khan cycling when he was manhandled by the actor’s bodyguards.
After reserving its order, the Bombay HC has finally quashed the complaint of a journalist alleging criminal intimidation. Journalist Ashok Pandey had lodged an FIR in 2019.
The Bombay High Court on Thursday quashed the private complaint against actor Salman Khan filed by a journalist in 2019 alleging criminal intimidation. A metropolitan court in Andheri had earlier.
Bombay High Court also quashed the process (summons) issued to Salman Khan and Shaikh by a lower court last year. In March 2022, a magistrate s court had issued the process to Khan along with Shaikh and directed them to appear before it on April 5.