The Allahabad High Court on Friday granted interim protection from arrest to Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar, the producers of Amazon Prime web series Mirzapur, in connection with a case filed against them for their portrayal of the town on which the show is based, reported Live Law.
A bench of Justices Subhash Chand and Manoj Kumar Gupta issued notices to the Uttar Pradesh government and the complainant in the matter, seeking their reply. The court also directed the petitioners to fully cooperate in the investigation, reported the Hindustan Times.
A first information report was filed on January 17 against Sidhwani and Akhtar, who had then moved the High Court. The FIR was registered under Sections 295A (deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) and 505 (statements conducing to public mischief) of the Indian…