Madras High Court Closes Kunal Kamra's Plea For Transit Anticipatory Bail After Bombay HC's Order For Interim Protection From Arrest
The Madras High Court on Thursday (April 17) has disposed of the transit anticipatory bail petition filed by comedian Kunal Kamra in connection with the FIR lodged against him in Mumbai over his alleged remarks against Maharashtra Deputy CM Eknath Shinde.Justice Sunder Mohan closed his petition after Kamra's Advocate V Suresh informed the court that the Bombay High Court had granted...
The Madras High Court on Thursday (April 17) has disposed of the transit anticipatory bail petition filed by comedian Kunal Kamra in connection with the FIR lodged against him in Mumbai over his alleged remarks against Maharashtra Deputy CM Eknath Shinde.
Justice Sunder Mohan closed his petition after Kamra's Advocate V Suresh informed the court that the Bombay High Court had granted interim protection from arrest to the comedian on Wednesday while reserving orders in his plea for quashing the FIRs registered against him. In the previous hearing, the Madras high court had extended the interim anticipatory bail granted to him till April 17.
Yesterday, while granting protection from arrest to Kamra and reserving order on the plea, a division bench of Justice Sarang Kotwal and Justice Shriram Modak of the Bombay High Court in its order dictated, "Arguments are concluded. Reserved for orders. In the meantime, as agreed by Shri Venegaonkar, the learned Public Prosecutor that summons were issued under Section 35(3) BNSS which specifically refers to notice where arrest of person is not required, in that background, the questioning of arresting applicant in this particular case does not arise. Matter reserved for orders till then petitioner shall not be arrested".
Kamra had approached the Madras High Court as he is a permanent resident of Villupuram town in Tamil Nadu. During the earlier hearings, he had informed the court that he had been receiving death threats and though he had informed the authorities about this, no action had been taken. He had thus requested the court to grant him protection till he could approach the concerned courts. The court, being satisfied of his submission, had granted him interim anticipatory bail on March 28, which was later extended on April 7th. In the meanwhile, Kamra had approached the Bombay High Court to quash the FIR registered against him by the Maharashtra Police.
Case Title: Kunal Kamra v. State
Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 139
Case No: Crl.O.P.No.9768 of 2025