Actor Mansoor Ali Khan has been granted conditional bail by the Chennai High Court in a defamation case against the misinformation that he spread about the Corona vaccine. Mansoor Ali Khan was fined ₹2 lakh and ordered to pay the amount to the health department to buy the vaccine.
Earlier, Mansoor Ali Khan, who spoke to reporters after actor Vivek was admitted to hospital with a heart attack, had been critical of the corona vaccine and the preventive measures taken by the Tamil Nadu government.
Kodambakkam Zonal Medical Officer Bhupesh complained that his speech was against the government’s immunization measures and the government’s public welfare work. The case was registered under 5 sections at the Vadapalani police station, including disturbing public order and behaving with malicious intent to spread the disease. In his pre-bail petition filed in the Chennai District Court, he said that he had not said anything wrong about the vaccine except that he had said that the corona vaccine should not be made compulsory.
When the petition came up for hearing before Chief Judge R Selvakumar, the criminal prosecutor from the E Jaisankar, appearing on behalf of the police, objected that bail should not be granted as he had acted in a way that created unnecessary fear among the public. Mansoor’s petition was subsequently dismissed. He subsequently appealed to the Chennai High Court. The High Court granted conditional bail as the case came up for hearing today.
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