Sixteen years after the controversy over a joke on the television show ‘Comedy Circus Ka Jadoo’, the Bombay High Court has quashed the FIR lodged against the actor-host. Shekhar Suman And comedian Bharti Singh is providing them with some long-awaited relief. The decision came on 1 May. For those who don’t know, the objectionable words against Shekhar Suman and Bharti, “Ya Allah! Rasgulla! Dahi Bhalla!” FIR was registered for.The court said, “Merely mentioning food items in a comedy act cannot be an insult to religion. Need something else. There must be material to show that the words were chosen as the weapon of the crime,” the court said.Meanwhile, Shekhar Suman has now reacted to the court’s decision and getting relief in the case after 16 years. He told Hindustan Times, “I was not even aware of it. It was Bharti who casually said something without any religious connotation. I was not even a part of it, but I was unnecessarily dragged into the matter to get publicity.”He further said, “I am extremely grateful to the honorable judge who dismissed the case. This came as a surprise. I had forgotten about it for a long time. I was not sent any notice or asked to present my side. Thank God for that. Imagine how some people waste the precious time of the court and harass innocent citizens. Justice prevails.”The case dates back to 2010, when a complaint was filed regarding alleged objectionable comments broadcast on a Sony TV programme. Along with Suman and Singh, the channel and a script writer were also named in the FIR. The complaint filed by a representative of Raza Academy alleged that Bharti had made a joke referencing a verse from the Quran, which was repeated by Suman during the episode.