The man accused of stabbing actor Saif Ali Khan moved an application before a Mumbai court on 9 May seeking to declare his arrest as illegal and sought his release from jail.

Accused Mohammad Shariful Islam (30), a lodged in the Arthur Road Jail in Mumbai, also withdrew his bail plea filed in April before a sessions court in Mumbai.

Later, through his lawyer Ajay Gawli, Islam moved an application before the judicial magistrate first class (Bandra), seeking to declare his arrest as illegal and his release from jail.

In the plea, he claimed the police did not adhere to the provisions of law while apprehending him. The court asked the police to file its reply and adjourned the matter until 13 May.

Khan was repeatedly stabbed with a knife by the intruder inside his apartment in upscale Bandra on 16 January this year. Islam was arrested two days after the alleged incident.