
Saif Ali Khan hotel brawl case: Court re-issues bailable warrant against Malaika Arora
The Hindu
Mumbai court re-issues warrant against Malaika Arora in Saif Ali Khan assault case; next hearing on April 29.
A Mumbai court has re-issued a bailable warrant against actor Malaika Arora after she failed to appear as a witness in the case pertaining to alleged attack on an NRI businessman by Saif Ali Khan at a five-star hotel here in 2012.
Arora was part of the group that had gone for dinner with Khan at the hotel when the alleged incident took place on February 22, 2012.
Chief Judicial Magistrate (Esplanade court) K.S. Zanwar is currently recording the testimony of witnesses in the case.
The court first issued a bailable warrant against Arora on February 15. It was re-issued on Monday (April 7, 2025) as she did not turn up before the court.
The matter will be next heard on April 29, 2025.
Saif Ali Khan and two other accused were arrested following a complaint filed by the businessman - Iqbal Mir Sharma. The three were later released on bail.
The actor was accompanied by his wife Kareena Kapoor, her sister Karisma Kapoor, Malaika Arora, Amrita Arora and some male friends at the hotel when the brawl broke out.