Overview
- A Surat court issued a bailable warrant for filmmaker Anurag Kashyap after he repeatedly failed to appear as ordered by the court, a move reported on Monday.
- The case stems from a social media exchange on April 16, 2025, when the petitioner says Kashyap used language that insulted the Brahmin community and replied to an objector with the line “what have you achieved by being a Brahmin?”.
- In May the court directed registration of a case under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 192, 352 and 352(2), which cover promoting enmity between groups, intentional insult likely to provoke a breach of peace, and circulating rumours.
- The petitioner, lawyer Kamlesh Raval, arranged summonses including a public notice in a Mumbai newspaper that the court said Kashyap ignored, and a bailable warrant permits arrest followed by release on bail as the court specifies.
- The complaint was filed by a legal adviser to Hindutva organisations and the procedural escalation could lead to further court enforcement or a negotiated appearance before the December 24 hearing.