Sedition case: HC extends relief to Kangana till Jan 25

Mumbai:  The Bombay High Court on Monday extended the interim relief of no coercive action against actor Kangana Ranaut and her sister Rangoli Chandel till January 25 in connection with an FIR registered against them under sedition and other charges.
The HC also directed the city police not to summon the duo for questioning till then.
Ranaut and her sister appeared before Bandra police in Mumbai on January 8 for recording their statement in the case, pursuant to an assurance given to HC in November last year.
The FIR, under sedition charges and for allegedly “trying to create hatred and communal tension” through their posts on social media, was registered pursuant to orders passed by the Bandra magistrate’s court, directing the police to carry out an inquiry against Ranaut and her sister following a complaint lodged against them.
A division bench of Justices S S Shinde and Manish Pitale was hearing a petition filed by the sisters, seeking to quash the FIR and the order passed by the magistrate on October 17 last year.
Public prosecutor Deepak Thakare informed the court on Monday that the petitioners appeared before the police on January 8 from 1 pm to 3 pm.