Kamal R Khan gets bail for 202 molestation case; will remain under custody for the tweet case

In a 2021 molestation case that the suburban Versova police had filed against actor Kamaal R Khan, also known by his stage name KRK, a court in this city on Tuesday granted him bail.

According to sections 354(A) of the IPC (sexual harassment of the kind that involves unwanted physical contact) and 509 (words or gestures intended to offend the modesty of any woman), the molestation case was filed in June 2021 based on the complaint of a 27-year-old woman.

He spiked her drink and touched her inappropriately, as per the FIR.

However, Khan will continue to be detained because the Borivali magistrate court is still considering his bail request in the 2020 case involving contentious tweets on the actor Akshay Kumar and the director Ram Gopal Verma.

On Wednesday, the Borivali Metropolitan Magistrate Court is set to hear his bail application in the case involving the tweets. Khan was taken into custody by the Borivali magistrate court after being detained at the Mumbai international airport on August 30 for the allegedly offensive tweets. He was taken into jail by the Versova police on Sunday in connection with the molestation charge, and he appeared in court in Bandra.

Khan argued that the First Information Report's (FIR) details did not realistically fit the alleged molestation occurrence in his bail petition to the Bandra magistrate court, which was submitted through attorneys Ashok Sarogi and Jay Yadav.

Before the court, attorney Yadav argued that the FIR was filed 18 months after the occurrence and that it was conducted so at the victim's friend's request. He added that Khan was eligible for bail under the Indian Penal Code section that was cited.

Khan often gets in trouble for his controversial tweets and film reviews.