Shah Rukh gets SC relief in 2017 stampede case

September 26, 2022 19:05

The Supreme Court on Monday granted relief to Shah Rukh Khan as it upheld Gujarat high court which quashed the case against him related to the 2017 stampede in Vadodara Railway Station.

A bench of Justice Ajay Rastogi and Justice CT Ravikumar rejected the plea filed by a complainant against Shahrukh Khan.

The complainant had challenged a Gujarat high court order.

The Supreme Court refused to interfere with the order passed by the high court of Gujarat quashing the complaint filed by the complainant against the actor.

On April 27, 2022, Gujarat high court ordered quashing the criminal case against Shah Rukh Khan for allegedly causing a stampede at Vadodara Railway Station while promoting his film Raees in 2017.

The actor along with his production team was travelling from Mumbai to Delhi to promote their Hindi feature film Raees.

The complainant, Jitendra Madhubhai Solanki had filed a private complaint against Khan before the judicial magistrate, first class, Vadodara, alleging his presence at the Vadodara Railway Station coupled with him throwing T-shirts and smiley balls at the crowd assembled at the station led to the alleged stampede. -- ANI

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