BENGALURU, Feb. 23 -- Actor Ranveer Singh has moved the Karnataka high court seeking to quash a first information report (FIR) registered against him over remarks made during an appearance at the closing ceremony of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa in November last year.

The actor's lawyer Manu Prabhakar Kulkarni mentioned the petition before a bench of justice M Nagaprasanna on Monday and sought an urgent hearing. The high court agreed to hear the plea on Tuesday.

Singh has challenged a January 23 order by the additional chief judicial magistrate (ACJM) Bengaluru, directing the police to investigate a private complaint filed by an advocate under Section 175(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS).

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