Complaint filed in Karnataka Court seeking FIR against Kangana Ranaut for tweet against farmers opposing Farmers Bills

A complaint has been filed before a Court in Karnataka seeking registration of an FIR against Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut for her tweet on farmers opposing the Farmers Bills passed in the Lok Sabha.

The complaint before the Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) at Tumkur states that on September 21, Kangana's team tweeted the following:

It is stated that above content posted by the Kangana shows that she had a clear intention to injure the people who are opposing the Farmers Bills passed in the Lok Sabha, by wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot.

Further the complainant states,

"....this posting on twitter account of the accused posted by her may lead to collision between the people of different group believe in different ideology. It seems that the government authorities have turned a blind eye to the same and does not have any established measures or rules and guidelines to control and regulate the same. On the bare perusal of all these content it is more than evident that the government is least bothered and as usual waiting for some dangerous consequences to happen before taking some appropriate actions."

If such content is allowed to be posted on these platforms, "then incalculable and irreparable damage will be caused to the Farmers of the Country", the complaint strongly asserts.

It is further contended,

"All those who are responsible for allowing this content to be posted on the social media and those who are promoting such material to malice and defame the country’s back bone, with intention to spread the violence and destabilize the country are liable to be prosecuted and punished under these Sections 44,108,153,153A and 504 of the Indian Penal Code."

The complaint moved by Advocate Ramesh Naik also claims that he had sent an e-mail complaint on September 22 to the Karnataka DGP and SP regarding the said tweet. However, no action was taken on the same.

Thus, Naik urges the Court to take cognizance of the offence committed by Kangana under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code or direct the jurisdictional police station to register an FIR in this respect.