Narayan Rane, son Nitesh Rane move HC for quashing FIR in Disha Salian death case

The complaint has alleged that the father-son duo is defaming the deceased daughter and spreading misinformation about her death

Mumbai: Union minister Narayan Rane and his MLA son Nitesh Rane have filed a petition in the Bombay high court (HC) seeking quashing of the First Information Report (FIR) registered against them at Malwani police station at the instance of Vasanti Salian, the mother of deceased Disha Salian, the former manager late actor Sushant Singh Rajput.

The petition was filed by the Rane’s after a sessions court granted them interim protection from arrest on March 4. The petition will come up for hearing in due course. (HT)

The complaint has alleged that the father-son duo is defaming the deceased daughter and spreading misinformation about her death. The petition was filed by the Rane’s after a sessions court granted them interim protection from arrest on March 4. The petition will come up for hearing in due course.

According to the petition filed through advocate Satish Maneshinde, the FIR was politically motivated and was filed by Vasanti Salian after being prompted to do so by mayor Kishori Pednekar.

The complaint by Vasanti has stated that Rane made allegations about her daughter being gang-raped and murdered as a result of which a question was raised on her daughter’s character and forced people to start to avoid them. Malwani police registered an FIR against the Ranes under sections 211, 500, 504, 509, 506 (2) and 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) read with section 67 of the Information Technology Act for defamation and words leading to insult modesty of a woman, criminal intimidation and common intention.

The petition by the Rane’s refers to the bail order of the Sindhudurg sessions court which was passed in connection with the allegedly offensive remark made by Rane against chief minister Uddhav Thackeray. The petition states that one of the conditions for bail is that Rane shall not commit any offence hence the FIR registered at Malwani police station was clearly intended to show that he had flouted the sessions court order and had his bail cancelled.

The petition further states that there is no case made out against them and the FIR was politically motivated with malafide intention and hence sought quashing of the FIR.