The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday quashed a 2017 criminal case against Shah Rukh Khan in connection with a stampede that occurred at the railway station in Vadodara, when the actor took a train trip to promote his film Raees. A man passed away after suffering a heart attack at the station during the event. The case was registered for allegedly committing acts endangering the life or personal safety of others.

Justice Nikhil Kariel allowed Khan’s plea seeking quashing of the criminal case against him and the summons issued against him by a Vadodara court. Khan had approached the high court after the lower court issued him summons under section 204 of the CrPC (for securing the attendance of the accused).

A court of the chief judicial magistrate in Vadodara had issued summons to Khan after noting that there was sufficient ground for proceedings against him in the case under Sections 336, 337 and 338 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for allegedly committing acts endangering the life or personal safety of others and causing simple and grievous hurt to them by such acts.