The Supreme Court has given YouTube personality Ranveer Allahbadia – roiled in a row over comments about parents and sex during an episode of stand-up show ‘India’s Got Latent’ – a measure of relief after it said no further police cases could be filed against him on this matter.
The court also told Mr Allahbadia, who had claimed death threats to his family and himself, he could approach police in Maharashtra and/or Assam (two of the three states in which FIRs have been field against him) for “protection of his life and liberty, in case of threats”.
On Tuesday morning a bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice N Kotiswar Singh convened to hear Ranveer Allahbadia’s plea to club FIRs and seek anticipatory bail against arrest by Guwahati Police. The hearing, though, began with a roasting from the top court, which ripped into the Youtuber, aka ‘BeerBiceps guy’ on Instagram, declaring “there is something dirty in his mind” and demanding to know “why should the court entertain such persons”.
“… just because somebody thinks ‘I am popular, I can speak anything and take society for granted’ … you tell us, who in the world would like such words?” Justice Kant raged.
