Relief to 'Kantara' makers as SC stays bail condition imposed by Kerala HC

Top court takes note of plagiarism charge but says copyright suit can't be decided in an anticipatory bail; says movie's director, producer won't be arrested when they appear for hearing on Feb 12-13

In a relief to makers of Kannada movie Kantara, the Supreme Court on Friday stayed the bail condition imposed by Kerala High Court restraining the use of the song Varaha Roopam in the movie.

A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) D Y Chandrachud and Justices P S Narasimha and J B Pardiwala stayed the condition imposed by the High Court on Thursday while granting anticipatory bail to Rishab Shetty and Vijay Kiragandur, the director and the producer, respectively, of the movie.

The CJI said, “The HC feels very strongly that you people have plagiarised somebody’s song. But you