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Surat court issues bailable warrant against Anurag Kashyap
A Surat court issued a bailable warrant against filmmaker Anurag Kashyap after he did not appear despite summonses.
The case concerns social media remarks he allegedly made about the Brahmin community in April 2025.
The complaint says he posted an objectionable message and responded angrily when someone challenged it; these are allegations, not findings by the court.
The complaint followed objections by two groups to parts of the Hindi film *Phule* after its trailer was released.
In May, the court directed that a case be registered under provisions relating to promoting enmity, intentional insult and circulating false rumours.
Kashyap apologised for using abusive language after the controversy, saying he wrote in anger.
The case is next due before the court on December 24.
A Surat court issued a bailable warrant against filmmaker-actor Anurag Kashyap after he failed to appear in a case over alleged remarks about the Brahmin community.
Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate JV Chauhan issued the warrant on Monday and set the next hearing for December 24.
The case follows a complaint about a social media post Kashyap made on April 16, 2025.
The court directed in May that a case be registered under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
Kashyap apologised to the Brahmin community days after the remarks triggered controversy.
- Who
- Anurag Kashyap, a filmmaker and actor, is the accused. Lawyer Kamlesh Raval filed the application.
- What
- A Surat court issued a bailable warrant after Kashyap failed to appear in a case over alleged remarks about the Brahmin community.
- When
- The warrant was issued on Monday. The next hearing is set for December 24.
- Where
- A court in Surat, Gujarat, India.
- Why
- The case concerns a social media post Kashyap made on April 16, 2025, which the applicant alleges insulted the Brahmin community and could promote enmity.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Kashyap made the social media post that is at the centre of the complaint.
Kashyap apologised to the Brahmin community for his language.
The court directed that a case be registered against Kashyap under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections.
The court issued a bailable warrant after Kashyap failed to appear.
The case is scheduled for further hearing.
- Accused
- Anurag Kashyap
- Court
- Surat city court
- Warrant
- Bailable warrant
- Next hearing
- December 24
- Complaint date
- April 16, 2025
- Lawyer who filed application
- Kamlesh Raval
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What people are saying
We initially filed an application and requested his presence (in court) for verification, but he failed to appear.
The statements made by the accused have defamed the entire Brahmin community and promoted animosity between different communities in India.
I sincerely apologize to this community to whom I did not want to say this, but wrote it in anger while responding to someone’s cheap comment.