Khan and his bodyguard had moved the High Court challenging a summoning order passed on the complaint of a journalist. The complainant claimed that he spotted Khan riding a bicycle on the streets of Mumbai and asked his bodyguards for permission to film the actor. On obtaining consent, the complainant started recording an irked Khan, who set his bodyguards on the journalist and his cameraman who were riding in a car. The journalist claimed that Khan had even snatched his phone from him and deleted data from it.
Based on the “positive police report” under Section 202 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) and other material, the magistrate found sufficient grounds to proceed against Khan.
The magistrate observed that offences under Section 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace), 506 (criminal intimidation) of Indian Penal Code had been made out against Khan, and summoned him to personally remain present in court.
The High Court had stayed this order in April 2022. Khan also sought quashing of the complaint against him.
Source: Barandbench
