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Bombay HC quashes FIR against Shekhar Suman, Bharti Singh over offensive comedy show remark
Updated On: 01 May, 2026 01:28 PM IST | Mumbai | IANS
Bombay High Court has quashed the FIR registered against actor Shekhar Suman and Bharati Singh in 2010 for insulting religious feelings on the show Comedy Circus Ka Jadoo

Shekhar Suman and Bharati Singh
The Bombay High Court has quashed the FIR registered against actor Shekhar Suman and Bharti Singh. The FIR pertains to a case from 2010, which involved uttering the words “Ya Allah! Rasgulla! Dahi Bhalla” on a comedy show.
The court said that the mere use of food items in a comic act cannot amount to an insult to religion. The FIR was registered with Section 34 of the IPC, based on a complaint filed by a representative of the Raza Academy.
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