No coercive action against Bollywood celebrities Raveena Tandon, Farah Khan, others till Dec 5

No coercive action against Bollywood celebrities Raveena Tandon, Farah Khan, others till Dec 5

The Punjab and Haryana Superior Courtroom on Thursday directed the the point out of Punjab not to consider any “coercive steps” in opposition to Bollywood actress Raveena Tandon, filmmaker Farah Khan, comic Bharti Singh and screenplay author Abbas Aziz Dalal in an FIR registered at Batala, Punjab, for allegedly hurting religious sentiments through a internet show titled ‘Backbenchers’, which was produced by Flipkart.

The petitioner, Raveena Tandon and other folks, had moved the HC searching for quashing of the FIR registered versus them.

The petitioners, by counsel, Abhinav Sood contended that from the contents of the FIR, none of the elements pertaining to offence beneath Portion 295-A IPC are designed out. The allegations produced by respondent No. 2 (Peter Masih) are obscure and standard in mother nature with the ulterior motive to fasten the prison liability on the petitioners. The petitioner’s statements can not be perceived to be disrespectful or hurtful to the sentiments of the Christian brothers or do not remotely qualify to represent the offence below Portion 295-A IPC. Sood further more contended that the FIR has been concocted on non-existent info.

Sood also submitted that Tandon, Farah Khan and Bharti Singh were being questioned to spell a word and to-reveal its meaning. “While Tandon spelled it the right way, Bharti Singh missspeled it. It seemingly meant that Bharti Singh did not know the phrase and was referring to another term in Hindi. There was almost nothing that could lead to the presumption that the act was meant to hurt the spiritual sentiments of a group,” Sood instructed the court. Their act did not even remotely qualify to constitute an offence beneath Part 295-A of the Indian Penal Code.

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The court of Justice Karamjit Singh, following hearing arguments, issued a recognize to Punjab and established December 5 as the following day of hearing, while stating that no coercive measures be taken from the petitioners till then. Before in a few identical situations looking for quashing of the FIR registered at Ajnala, Ferozpur and Rupnagar, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has passed identical instructions.

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