India, March 28 -- The Madras high court on Friday granted interim anticipatory bail to standup comedian Kunal Kamra in connection with the First Information Report (FIR) lodged against him in Mumbai over his alleged remarks against Maharashtra deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde.

Justice Sunder Mohan granted bail to Kamra until April 7 and issued notices to the Tamil Nadu government and the Khar Police Station, Mumbai.

The judge took note of submissions by lawyer V Suresh, appearing for Kunal Kamra, who said the comedian had been receiving death threats as well as threats of physical assault by several people, including members and ministers of the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena.

Suresh underlined that Kamra had not named anyone and that...