The court had last week, while reserving its order on the plea, granted the comedian interim protection from arrest.Kamra has sought the quashing of an FIR registered against him for allegedly making defamatory remarks against Shinde.The comedian, in the petition, stated that the allegations, even if taken at face value, do not constitute an offence.He also sought the HC to protect him from any coercive action, including arrest, seizure of his electronic devices and examination of his financial transactions and accounts.Kamra had submitted to the court that he had agreed to appear via video-conferencing before the Mumbai police for questioning in the case.He had said he was facing death threats ever since the FIR was registered.An FIR was registered at Khar police station here against the stand-up comedian for allegedly calling Shinde “gaddar” (traitor) during a show in the metropolis.Workers of Shinde’s party, Shiv Sena, also vandalised the studio where the show had been recorded.During the show, Kamra sang a parody version of a song from the film “Dil To Pagal Hai”, in which he used the word “gaddar”. He then joked about how Shinde rebelled against Uddhav Thackeray and split the Shiv Sena in 2022.
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