Actor-turned-politician Kangana Ranaut was granted bail on Monday by a Bathinda court docket in Punjab within the defamation case filed by farmer protestor Mahinder Kaur. For these not within the know, the case stems from a 2021 incident when Kaur accused Ranaut of tarnishing her repute by a social media put up made through the farmers’ protest.The actress arrived on the court docket round 2 pm, wearing a saree and sun shades. She addressed the media and expressed remorse over the “misunderstanding” that adopted her put up however maintained that she by no means directed her remarks towards any particular person. Kangana stated to the reporters on the court docket, “No matter misunderstanding occurred with the household of Mahinder ji, I gave a message to her husband for mata ji about how she was the sufferer of a misunderstanding. By no means in my desires may I think about this controversy. Each mata, be she from Punjab or Himachal, is respectable to me.” When requested whether or not she believed she had made an inadvertent mistake, Ranaut reiterated that her put up had been misinterpreted. “There was a retweet that was used as a meme. There have been many ladies in that meme, and no feedback had been made in opposition to any particular person,” she defined, including that she had already spoken with Mahinder Kaur’s husband to clear the air.The actor additional emphasised that whereas she “regretted the misunderstanding,” her intention was by no means to insult or misidentify anybody.Mahinder Kaur’s lawyer, Raghubir Singh Beniwal, confirmed that the court docket granted Ranaut bail primarily based on a bond submitted by her father. He additionally famous that Ranaut had filed a plea in search of everlasting exemption from private appearances — a request he opposed.Based on Beniwal, when the court docket requested Ranaut if she wished to make an announcement, she stated she wished to apologise to the complainant, insisting that her put up was not meant to focus on anybody.The court docket then turned to Mahinder Kaur’s husband, Labh Singh, who stated he would seek the advice of his household earlier than deciding whether or not to just accept Ranaut’s apology. The following listening to within the case has been scheduled for November 24.The criticism, initially filed in January 2021, accused Ranaut of wrongly figuring out Mahinder Kaur as Bilkis Bano, an aged activist related to the Shaheen Bagh protests. Kaur alleged that the actor’s “false imputations and remarks” had unfairly in contrast her to the “dadi” from Shaheen Bagh, despite the fact that she had been a part of the farmers’ protest from the very starting.