Singer Sonu Nigam has filed a plea before the Karnataka High Court to quash a criminal case registered against him on allegations that he made comments that were offensive to the Kannadiga community during a music concert last month. .The matter was listed before a vacation bench of Justice Shivashankar Amarannavar, who adjourned the case till May 15..The case against Nigam is tied to an incident that took place during a concert at the East Point College of Engineering and Technology in April. During the concert, some audience members asked Nigam to sing in Kannada. Nigam allegedly declined to do so and criticised those who made the request for being rude. He said that he loved Kannadigas and had a lot of respect for them. However, he took offence to the tone in which the request to sing Kannada songs was made and drew links between such behaviour and the Pahalgam terror attack, by saying, "This is the reason Pahalgam happened.".The comment went viral and a complaint was filed against Nigam on May 2 by TA Dharmaraj, the Bangalore City District Unit President of a pro-Kannada organisation named Karnataka Rakshana Vedike (Narayana Gowda faction). A case was registered by the Avalahalli police station on May 3 for the offences under Sections 351(2) (criminal intimidation) , 352(1) (insult to provoke a breach of peace), and 353 (statements conducing to public mischief) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS). Meanwhile, Nigam issued statements apologising for his remarks.
Singer Sonu Nigam has filed a plea before the Karnataka High Court to quash a criminal case registered against him on allegations that he made comments that were offensive to the Kannadiga community during a music concert last month. .The matter was listed before a vacation bench of Justice Shivashankar Amarannavar, who adjourned the case till May 15..The case against Nigam is tied to an incident that took place during a concert at the East Point College of Engineering and Technology in April. During the concert, some audience members asked Nigam to sing in Kannada. Nigam allegedly declined to do so and criticised those who made the request for being rude. He said that he loved Kannadigas and had a lot of respect for them. However, he took offence to the tone in which the request to sing Kannada songs was made and drew links between such behaviour and the Pahalgam terror attack, by saying, "This is the reason Pahalgam happened.".The comment went viral and a complaint was filed against Nigam on May 2 by TA Dharmaraj, the Bangalore City District Unit President of a pro-Kannada organisation named Karnataka Rakshana Vedike (Narayana Gowda faction). A case was registered by the Avalahalli police station on May 3 for the offences under Sections 351(2) (criminal intimidation) , 352(1) (insult to provoke a breach of peace), and 353 (statements conducing to public mischief) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS). Meanwhile, Nigam issued statements apologising for his remarks.
