Saif Ali Khan approached the session court against order in 2012 brawl case 

Actor Saif Ali Khan has moved the session court against the order in 2012 five-star hotel brawl case. An additional charge is against the actor and two of his friends for allegedly beating up an NRI, Iqbal Sharma. As per a report in Indian Express, in 2014, a magistrate’s court framed charges against Saif under Sections 325 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt) and 34 (common intent) of the Indian Penal Code. Four years later in 2016, the prosecution lodged an additional charge under IPC Section 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) against the actor for allegedly assaulting Sharma’s relative — Ramanbhai Patel.

Saif said that Sharma, the original complainant, did not mention about the assault of his relative, Patel. He also added that Sharma was not there to provide evidence. Saif further said that this “substantiates” his case that Sharma is unwilling to proceed with the matter and therefore the police are trying to “substitute” him with Patel to proceed with the trial.

“The learned magistrate relied on the contradictory statements of prosecution witness whilst allowing the application of the prosecution…(he) should have considered there is a delay of almost four years on part of the respondent (police) to prefer the application for alteration of charge and as such there are no such findings on ground of delay,” states Saif’s appeal.

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