After being granted bail in the 2020 molestation case by a court in Mumbai on Tuesday, actor and self-described film critic Kamaal R Khan AKA KRK has now received a significant victory in another legal matter.
A court in Mumbai granted bail to KRK in the case in connection with his controversial tweets about Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar, filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma and others, to name a few. KRK, currently in judicial custody, was arrested by the police from the Mumbai airport last week in connection with his tweets.
The police had said that his posts were racist and that he singled out Bollywood stars. KRK's attorneys, Ashok Sarogi and Jay Yadav, said in his bail request that the tweets being investigated were just his opinions on Akshay's movie Laxmii and that he had not broken any laws, contrary to what the police had claimed. KRK is acting as a "critic and/or reporter in the film industry," according to the bail petition.
An FIR was filed against KRK in 2020 under various Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections, including 153 (wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot) and 500 (punishment for defamation), and provisions of the Information Technology Act. KRK often finds himself in the news for his controversial tweets and videos on Bollywood celebrities and their movies.
