Allahabad high court (File photo)
PRAYAGRAJ: The Allahabad high court recently quashed an FIR lodged against a person for his alleged remarks that “the chief minister of UP has transformed the state into a jungle raj in which no law and order prevails”.
While delivering its judgment, the court observed that “expressing dissent on law and order situation in the state is a hallmark of a constitutional liberal democracy like ours, and the same is constitutionally protected under Article 19 of the Constitution (right to freedom of speech and expression).”
Allowing a writ petition filed by one Yashwant Singh, who had made certain remarks against UP CM from his twitter handle, a division bench comprising Justice Pankaj Naqvi and Justice Vivek Agarwal quashed the FIR dated August 2, 2020, registered against the petitioner under Sections 500 (defamation) and 66-D (offence of cheating by personation by using computer resource) of Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008 at Bh
Haryana Cong Leader Denied Anticipatory Bail in Case Involving Objectionable Anti-RSS Tweet
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Haryana Congress leader Pankaj Punia was on Tuesday denied anticipatory bail in a case involving an anti-RSS tweet by him, allegedly affecting communal harmony and hurting religious sentiments. Special Judge Mohammad Gazali rejected Punia s pre-arrest bail plea saying that the offences alleged against him were serious.
An FIR was registered against Punia at the Hazratganj police station in Lucknow for his alleged objectionable tweet against the RSS. Punia was booked under IPC sections related to promoting enmity between different groups (153 A), outraging religious feelings (295 A), public mischief (505-2) and section 67 of the Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008. Punia had pleaded that for his alleged objectionable statement, as many as six FIRs were lodged at different places in the country and he got the anticipatory bail in all other cases.
Haryana Congress leader denied pre-arrest bail in a case involving his anti-RSS tweet
Special Judge Mohammad Gazali rejected Pankaj Punia s pre-arrest bail plea saying that the offences alleged against him were serious.
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LUCKNOW: Haryana Congress leader Pankaj Punia was on Tuesday denied anticipatory bail in a case involving an anti-RSS tweet by him, allegedly affecting communal harmony and hurting religious sentiments.
Special Judge Mohammad Gazali rejected Punia s pre-arrest bail plea saying that the offences alleged against him were serious.
An FIR was registered against Punia at the Hazratganj police station in Lucknow for his alleged objectionable tweet against the RSS.
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Investigation into the case, police said, revealed that a fraud was being conducted in villages of Madhya Pradesh. (Image/Representational)
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