Bathinda, Jan. 6 -- A septuagenarian complainant, Mahinder Kaur, filed an application in a special court in Bathinda on Monday, pleading for the cancellation of the bail bond of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) parliamentarian and actor Kangana Ranaut after she failed to appear for defamation proceedings. Judicial magistrate first class (JMIC) Inderjeet Singh has yet to release the formal order following today's session. Kaur's counsel, RS Behniwal, informed reporters that the court will hear arguments on January 15 regarding the MP's plea for permanent exemption from personal hearings. Behniwal said that the complainant's application argues Ranaut should appear in person now that the Parliament session has concluded. He further said that Kaur informed the court that three additional witnesses, Surjit Singh Phul (president, BKU-Krantikari), Jasbir Singh (senior leader, BKU-Ekta Sidhupur), and Rajinder Singh Chak Atarsingh Wala (a farmer union activist and relative), will testify in her support. The defamation case, filed in 2021, alleges that Ranaut defamed Kaur in a social media post on X (formerly Twitter) by misidentifying her as Shaheen Bagh protester Bilkis Bano and suggesting she was a "paid protester" hired for Rs.100....