Bollywood actor Salman Khan and actress Shilpa Shetty have got relief from Rajasthan High Court. A case was registered against Salman and Shilpa under SC-ST Act in Churu's Kotwali police station in 2017. This FIR has been quashed by the High Court. High Court regarding the matter
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Justice Monga said in the judgment – 'FIR' cannot be registered under SC-ST Act without section and inquiry. The word 'Bhangi' is not a caste nor is it a caste-related word. Rather, it is a slur, which was not said to put someone down but while addressing oneself.
The show was from 2013 and the case was registered in 2017. On December 22, 2017, Ashok Panwar of Valmiki Samaj had filed a case against Salman Khan and Shilpa Shetty under the SC-ST Act at the Kotwali police station in Churu. He said that during a TV interview in 2013, Shilpa Shetty and Salman Khan had used the word 'Bhangi'. This hurt the sentiments of the people of Valmiki community. After the case was registered, the investigating officer issued a notice on 18 January 2018.
Shilpa Shetty had also apologized on social media after facing opposition to her comment.
Lawyer said- no evidence in FIR During the hearing, Salman and Shilpa's lawyer Gopal Sandu argued that there is no evidence in this FIR that any social sentiments have been hurt nor is there any malicious intention. He gave information about the origin of the word Bhangi in the court and told that the word Bhangi originated from Bhanga in Sanskrit, which apart from being related to the untouchable caste, also means broken and fragmented.
According to Oxford Hindi to English Dictionary, those who smoke cannabis are also called Bhangi. After hearing the arguments of the parties and the opposition, High Court Justice Arun Kumar Monga rejected the FIR lodged at the Kotwali police station in Churu.
