Kangana Ranaut gets bail in defamation case linked to farmers’ protest tweet: “Never imagined this controversy” : Bollywood News
Actor and politician Kangana Ranaut was granted bail by a court in Punjab’s Bathinda on Monday in connection with a defamation case filed by farmer protester Mahinder Kaur. The case dates back to 2021, when Kaur accused Ranaut of defaming her through a social media post during the farmers’ protest.
Kangana Ranaut free on bail in defamation case linked to farmers’ protest tweet: ‘I never imagined this controversy’
Arriving at the court around 2 p.m., dressed in a sari and sunglasses, Ranaut told reporters that she regretted the “misunderstanding” caused by her post but maintained that she had not made any direct remarks against anyone.
“Whatever misunderstanding happened with Mahinder ji’s family, I conveyed a message to her husband for mata ji explaining that she was a victim of a misunderstanding,” Ranaut said after the hearing. “Never in my dreams could I have imagined this controversy. Every mata, whether from Punjab or Himachal, is respectable to me,” she added.
Asked if she thought she had made an unintentional mistake, Ranaut said the question had been misinterpreted. “There was a retweet that was used as a meme. There were a lot of women in that meme, and no comments were made against anyone,” she clarified, adding that she had already spoken to Mahinder Kaur’s husband about the matter.
The actor further stated that she “regrets the misunderstanding” that followed the post, but stressed that her intentions were never to insult or misidentify anyone.
Mahinder Kaur’s lawyer Raghubir Singh Beniwal confirmed that the court had granted bail to Ranaut on a surety provided by her father. He added that Ranaut had also filed a plea seeking a permanent exemption from personal appearances, which he opposed.
According to Beniwal, when the court asked Ranaut if she wanted to say anything, the actor said she wanted to apologize to the complainant, saying her post was not meant to target anyone.
The court then sought response from Mahinder Kaur’s husband Labh Singh, who said he would consult family members before deciding whether to accept the apology. The matter is now listed for hearing on November 24.
The complaint, filed in January 2021, alleged that Ranaut wrongly identified Mahinder Kaur as Bilkis Bano, the elderly activist known for her participation in the Shaheen Bagh protests in 2020. Kaur claimed that the actor’s “false imputations and remarks” compared her to the “grandmother” of Shaheen Bagh, although she had been part of the farmers’ protest since its inception.
Earlier this year, the Supreme Court had observed that Ranaut’s post “was not a mere retweet” and that the actor had “added spice” to the existing content. Following this remark, Ranaut withdrew her plea before the apex court.
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