Sedition case: HC grants Kangana Ranaut interim protection from arrest

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted interim protection from arrest to actor Kangana Ranaut and her sister Rangoli Chandel in connection with an FIR registered against them under sedition and other charges, but directed them to appear before Mumbai Police on January 8.

The FIR was registered pursuant to orders passed by the Bandra magistrate’s court here directing the police to carry out an inquiry against Ranaut and her sister following a complaint lodged against them for allegedly “trying to create hatred and communal tension” through their social media posts.

A division bench of Justices S S Shinde and M S Karnik was hearing a petition filed by Ranaut and her sister, seeking to quash the FIR and the October 17 order passed by the magistrate.