An FIR has been registered against actor Kangana Ranaut over her tweets against farmers, following the orders of a court in Tumakuru district of Karnataka directing the same. The FIR was registered under Sections 44 (injury), 108 (abettor), 153 (giving provocation with intent to cause riots), 153(A) (vilification or attacks upon the religion, race, place of birth, residence, language etc of any particular group), and 504 (Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC).
On 9 October, a Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) in Tumakuru district had directed the police to register an FIR against Kangana. This was after the court was approached by an advocate named Ramesh Naik L, who alleged that the authorities had failed to take action against the actor over her tweet against farmers.