Kunal Kamra shall not be arrested during pendency of petition: Bombay High Court

Kamra’s petition in the Bombay High Court, filed on April 5, challenged the “legality and propriety” of the FIR registered by Shiv Sena (Shinde faction) MLA Murji Patel.

A division bench of justice Sarang Kotwal and justice SM Modak directed the police to refrain from arresting Kamra while the petition is pending. The court also instructed the trial court not to take cognisance of any charge-sheet that may be filed by the Khar police against him.

Kamra had uploaded a video of his stand-up special called Naya Bharat, recorded on February 2 at The Habitat studio in Khar, on YouTube on March 23. The same day MLA Patel filed an FIR at the Khar police station against Kamra for allegedly defaming Shinde through the parody song. The Shiv Sena (Shinde faction) workers also vandalised Habitat studio in Khar, prompting the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to initiate demolition of parts of the premises.