Sonu Nigam Gets Relief As Karnataka HC Bars Action Against Singer Till Next Hearing

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Last Updated:May 15, 2025, 15:48 IST

The Karnataka High Court has directed nary coercive enactment against Sonu Nigam until the adjacent proceeding and stayed the last study filing connected an FIR for his arguable comments.

Sonu Nigam has besides apologised for his comments.

Sonu Nigam Kannada Controversy: In a cardinal development, the Karnataka High Court has directed that nary coercive enactment beryllium taken against vocalist Sonu Nigam until the adjacent hearing. The tribunal has besides stayed the filing of the last study successful the case. Additional State Public Prosecutor B.N. Jagadeesha informed the tribunal that “no coercive steps" volition beryllium taken if Sonu Nigam cooperates with the ongoing constabulary investigation. This comes arsenic a important interim alleviation for the vocalist amid the ineligible proceedings.

Earlier, Sonu Nigam had moved the Karnataka High Court seeking the quashing of an FIR registered against him by the Karnataka Police. As reported by the quality bureau IANS, a seat headed by Justice Shivashankar Amarannavar admitted the petition connected Tuesday.

An FIR was filed against Sonu Nigam connected May 3 successful Bengaluru for his arguable remark during a performance successful the metropolis connected April 27, 2025. It was filed astatine the Avalahalli Police Station pursuing a ailment by the group, Karnataka Rakshana Vedike. The FIR was filed nether Sections 351(2) (criminal intimidation), 352 (statements inciting nationalist mischief), and 352(1) (intentional insult with intent to provoke a breach of bid oregon incite different offence) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).

What Was Sonu Nigam’s Controversial Statement?

During an lawsuit astatine the East Point College of Engineering and Technology successful Bengaluru, Sonu Nigam slammed a instrumentality for allegedly rudely requesting a Kannada song. In his remarks, the vocalist compared the mindset of the instrumentality to that of the terrorists liable for the Pahalgam attack.

Sonu Nigam called the request “rudely threatening" and said, “Mujhe accha nahi laga ki waha ek ladka jiski umar, jitni uske umar nahi hogi usage pehle toh main Kannada gaane garaha hoon. He was truthful rudely threatening me, ‘Kannada, Kannada’. Yahi kaaran hai, Pahalgam mein jo hua hai na? Yahi kaaran hai jo karrahe ho, jo kiya tha na abhi? Dekho toh kaun saamne khada hai. I emotion Kannadigas, I emotion you guys. Main puri duniya mein jaha bhi jata hoon, main humesha bolta hoon main, sabko bolta hoon main…14,000 ki assemblage hog usme ek awaaz aati hai, ‘Kannada’. Toh main unke liye, america ek Kannadiga k liye main kuch enactment Kannadiga k gaata hoon. Main itni izzat karta hoon aapki, itna pyaar karta hoon. So thoda sa rehna chahiye, aesa nahi karna chahiye aapko."

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