Petition filed against AMITABH BACCHAN!

A petition was filed in
the Allahabad High Court accusing
Bollywood superstar Amitabh
Bachchan of having made a
"derogatory" remark, "with
malicious intention", about a Holy
book in a more than a year-old
episode of the TV quiz show 'Kaun
Banega Crorepati'.
The petition was filed by Mudassir
Ullah Khan, a resident of Jhansi,
who has taken exception to the use
of the phrase "racha
gaya" (composed) in the context of
the Holy book by Bachchan in the
episode aired on 28.09.2011.
The petitioner has sought to make
Bachchan, besides the manager of
Sony TV and the 'Karyakram
Prayojak' (programme sponsor) of
'Kaun Banega Crorepati' a party in
the case.
Khan has contended the Holy book
was "neither written nor created by
anybody, rather it came into
existence/revealed by Allah (God)
Himself" and hence the use of the
phrase "racha gaya" was
tantamount to "a serious offence"
as Bachchan was a "popular figure"
and "words used by him affect all
communities".
Khan has also challenged orders of
Chief Judicial Magistrate and
District and Sessions Judge of
Jhansi, dated 29.11.2011 and
21.5.2012 respectively, whereby
his pleas for directing the police to
register an FIR under Indian Penal
Code sections dealing with hurt
caused to religious sentiments were
turned down.

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