Court frames charges against Saif, two friends

Two years after actor Saif Ali Khan allegedly assaulted a South Africa based businessman and his father-in-law at a Colaba hotel, a local court on Thursday framed charges against him and his two friends. ‘The court today framed charges against Khan and his two friends - Shakeel Ladak and Bilal Amrohi - under section 325 (assault) and 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code,’ public prosecutor Wajeed Sheikh said. However, the trio pleaded not guilty.

Saif and his friends had been arrested following a complaint filed by NRI businessman Iqbal Mir Sharma after the two allegedly got into a fight at the Wasabi restaurant in Taj Hotel on 22 February, 2012.