Anticipatory bail

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday granted anticipatory bail to Vijay Kirgandur and Rishab Shetty, the Producer and Director respectively of the Kannada ...

The Investigating Officer can interrogate them and on completion of interrogation within the above time specified, if they will be arrested, they shall be produced before the jurisdictional court. They shall appear before the Investigating Officer, as and when directed; On such production, the jurisdictional court shall release the petitioners on bail on their executing bonds for Rs.50,000/- (Rupees Fifty Thousand Only) each with two solvent sureties each for the like amount to the satisfaction of the jurisdictional court concerned; The statements of the Senior Manager of Mathrubhumi KAPPA T.V staff, Assistant Manager DIVO Company( who are the distributors of `NAVARASAM' and `VARAHAROOPAM'), revealed that they had noticed similarity of music `NAVARASAM' and `VARAHAROOPAM' only after the same was intimated by the DIVO Company. "If so, the violation of copyright alleged by the defacto complainant could be discernible from the prosecution materials, prima facie. The Investigation Officer had also, on gathering opinion from expert, reported that `VARAHAROOPAM' is, the plagiarized and pirated version of `NAVARASAM'. If so, ultimately the infringer would get benefit out of the plagiarized and pirated version after infringing the copyright of another person which he obtained after long cherished hard work and intellectual application of mind. "the petitioners shall not exhibit the film `KANTARA' along with the music `VARAHAROOPAM' in the film till an interim order or final order after addressing infringement of copyright in this matter will be passed by a competent civil court. The Assistant Manager of DIVO Company had also shared the same with both the concerned parties, and they had participated in a Google meet to settle the matter amicably. The petitioners argued that they had never exhibited the song `NAVARASAM' in the movie `KANTARA' in the name `VARAHAROOPAM' in any form. The petitions filed by Mathrubhumi and Thaikkudam bridge [ challenging those orders are pending](https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/kantara-movie-stay-of-district-courts-order-returning-thaikkudam-bridges-plaint-will-not-revive-injunction-against-varaharoopam-clarifies-kerala-hc-215641?infinitescroll=1) in High Court. "The song `VARAHAROOPAM' is an independent creation and the same did not have any connection with `NAVARASAM'.

Actor-director Rishab Shetty and producer Vijay Kiragandur have been granted anticipatory bail by the Kerala High Court in plagiarism case over ...

'Varaharoopam' was one of the highlights of 'Kantara'. Following its success, the makers dubbed the movie in other languages. However, Justice A Badharudeen granted the bail on the condition that the song should not be used till an interim order is passed on the issue.

The Court imposed a specific bail condition that Rishab Shetty and the producer would not exhibit Kantara with the song Varaha Roopam until any orders are ...

Mathrubhumi and Thaikkudam Bridge then challenged the two orders before the High Court and those cases are It was further argued that the prosecution had collected material that prima facie substantiated the allegations in the FIR. Even the prosecution has not collected any material to prove that Varaha Roopam is similar or deceptively similar. The judge noted that the proceedings in the copyright infringement litigation has been stalled due to a jurisdictional issue which is yet to be decided by the High Court. Resultantly, the copyright holder's right to enjoy benefit out of the copyright protected subject matter practically will be taken away," the judge reasoned. Ltd and Thaikkudam Bridge, the copyright holder and creator respectively of another song called Navarasam that was released over 5 years ago.