India, May 11 -- The Bangladeshi national accused of breaking into actor Saif Ali Khan's home and stabbing him has sought immediate release from jail, claiming that the police did not give him in writing the grounds for his arrest before apprehending him, which is mandatory.

In a plea filed before the metropolitan magistrate court in Bandra on Friday, Mohammad Shariful Islam Shehzad, 30, stated that his arrest was in violation of section 47 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), which mandates that a police officer arresting any person without a warrant should communicate full particulars of the offence for which they are being arrested or other grounds for such an arrest.

The plea, filed through advocate Ajay Gawli, relied on va...