Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan, who was arrested by the Colaba police station for assaulting businessman Iqbal Meer Sharma, has been granted bail. The police granted him bail after arresting him and charging him under section 325 of the IPC for assault. Since the IPC section is bailable, the actor was granted bail from the police station itself. However, Saif will now have to prove his innocence in the court where the police will be submitting a charge-sheet against him.
The actor was quizzed for an hour at the police station after he courted arrested at the police station with his lawyer beside him. Saif was earlier summoned at the police station for questioning after a complaint was filed by Sharma alleging that he was assaulted by the actor in the brawl that ensued last night when the actor, along with his actress girlfriend Kareena Kapoor and other friends, was having dinner at Wasabi restaurant.
According to complainant Iqbal Sharma, a South African businessman of Indian origin, Saif and those accompanying him were talking loudly while seated at an adjacent table. When Sharma walked up to them and objected to their talking loudly, an argument ensued leading to a fracas during which he was assaulted by Saif, leaving him with a bleeding and fractured nose.
Saif was with Kareena, her sister Karisma, actor Arbaaz Khan's wife Malaika Arora Khan, her sister Amrita Arora and some other male friends, who are yet to be identified. The complainant was with his wife, mother, father and two others.
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