Charges framed against Saif Ali Khan and others

The Metropolitan magistrate court on Thursday framed charges against actor Saif Ali Khan and his two friends, Bilal Amrohi and Shakeel Ladakh after the three had allegedly got into a brawl with an NRI businessman in 2012. The court after framing charges, read out the same to the three, thereby asking the three if they accept the charges, but the three pleaded non-guilty. Hence the court posted the matter for trial to April 30.

Public prosecutor, advocate Wajid Shaikh, while speaking to DNA said, "Today the court has framed charges against all the three accused under sections 325 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code for voluntarily causing grevious hurt with a common intention, respectively. The court would now initiate with the trial in the case from April 30 onwards."

According to the prosecution's case, on February 22, 2012, when an NRI businessman Iqbal Sharma had been to a five star restaurant, Khan and his friends had allegedly assaulted him, thereby injuring Sharma's nose.

Advocate Shaikh further added, "The police has attached a list of 29 witnesses, which also includes Khan's guest and Sharma's family."

Sharma in his complaint had alleged that he had asked the manager of the hotel to ask Khan and his group to keep their volume under check. Accordingly when the manager approached Khan, he in anger walked up to Sharma and punched him on the nose. Sharma also claimed that Khan had also manhandled his father-in-law.