A Mumbai court retrained the mobile game “Selmon Bhoi” that was allegedly based on Bollywood star Salman Khan’s hit and run case. The actor had approached the court seeking an injunction against the game, saying his ‘image will be damaged’ if the Parody Studios Pvt Ltd comes into play. 

Judge K M Jaiswal passed the order, a copy of which was made available on Tuesday.

Khan had said that he that he became aware of the game in the last week of August. ‘Selmon Bhoi’ was then sumitted before court under its title ‘driver on the quest to kill’.

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“Upon watching the said game, the name of the game as well as the images, (it) prima facie matches with the identity of plaintiff (Khan) as also shown in photographs placed on record,” the court said.

As per the order, the makers of the game Parody Studios Pvt Ltd and its directors cannot disseminate, launch, relaunch or recreaye the game and other content related to Salman Khan. As per the order, the game will have to be taken down from all platforms it is available on.

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“Upon watching the game and its images, it prima facie matches with the identity of the plaintiff (Khan) and to the hit-and-run case connected to the plaintiff,” the court said, adding that the actor had not given his consent for the game.

“When the plaintiff has not given his consent for developing of the game, which is very similar to his identity and the case against him, certainly his right to privacy is being deprived and his image is also being tarnished,” the order said.

Khan had claimed that the name and images displayed in the game appeared to be his caricature version.

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“The game developers intentionally gained commercial advantage by exploiting the personality rights of our client without seeking our client’s consent,” said the actor’s application filed through law firm DSK Legal.

The court directed the developers to file their affidavit to Khan’s plea and posted the matter for further hearing on September 20.

The Bombay High Court in 2015 acquitted Khan of all charges in the 2002 hit-and-run case.