The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday refused to stay proceedings initiated against actor Kangana Ranaut for her tweet against farmers protesting the Centre’s agriculture laws, Bar and Bench reported. Ranaut had referred to the protestors as “terrorists”.
On October 9, a Judicial Magistrate First Class Court in Karnataka’s Tumkur district had directed the state police to register a first information report against the actor. The court’s order came after lawyer L Ramesh Naik filed a complaint.
The FIR was filed on October 14 under Sections 44 (injury), 108 (abettor), 153 (wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot), 153(A) (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language) and 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) of the Indian Penal Code.
After this, Ranaut moved the High Court seeking to quash the FIR registered against her. During Tuesday’s hearing, Justice HP…