Karnataka High Court restricts police from taking compulsory action against singer Sonu Nigam

File images of singer Sonu Nigam performing at the concert. |Picture source: Venkatachalapathy c

The Karnataka High Court restricted any mandatory steps against singer Sonu Nigam in cooperation on May 15, 2025 (May 15, 2025) to restrict the Bangalore city police from taking any mandatory steps against singer Sonu Nigam in cooperation, rather than submitting complaints against him, allegedly he made some dissatisfaction statements about his concert at a concert, which reported a competition at a concert, which was a concert, a concert, a concert, a concert, a concert, a concert, a concert, a concert, a concert, a concert, a concert.

Furthermore, if the police want to record his statement as part of the investigation, the court allowed Mr Nigam to appear through video conference. However, singers must cooperate to conduct the investigation.

Justice Shivashankar Amarannavar passed a petition filed by Mr Nigam who relied on the media to cover the incident, who challenged the legality of the Avalahalli police officers’ registration of FIR on May 3.

FIR registered a crime under section 351(2) (criminal intimidation), 352(1) (intentional insult and intent to provoke peace) and 353 (a statement that contributes to public mischief).

Videos of events available publicly

The court verbally observed the singer’s incident of making so-called statements, which can be obtained in the public domain when broadcast live on social media platforms, but the court said that if the investigative officer wanted to physically record the singer’s statements, the IO had to go to Mr. Nigam (Mumbai’s Place (Mumbai) on later fees).

Earlier, advocates representing Mr Nigam pointed out that the average in the complaints did not have any material to invoke the BNS provisions because the activity continued and ended peacefully after the initial obstacles when the listener asked for Kannada songs. It also pointed out that the singer had no intention of causing any trouble or breach of peace.

Meanwhile, another state prosecutor representing the police told the court that police would not take any mandatory steps against the singer, but the singer would have to appear in front of the IO to record his statement, while noting that Mr Nigam did not respond to emails sent through the registered position and the communications sent. The representative police insisted that Mr Nigam should have appeared before IO to record his statement, but the court did not accept the request.

After the events at the concert, Mr Nigam clarified through video messages on social media that his remarks were in response to certain unpleasant comments, with some in the audience repeatedly posting his response to Kannada songs after his first song at the concert. Mr. Nigam sang several Kannada songs at the concert.