Karnataka Court on Tuesday dismissed case towards two for chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogans in a mosque.
Bengaluru:
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday quashed the legal case lodged by the police towards two individuals in reference to allegedly elevating “Jai Shri Ram” slogans inside a mosque.
The single division bench headed by Justice M. Nagaprasanna, trying into the enchantment petition by the accused individuals, whereas passing the order, talked about that it was not comprehensible how the elevating of “Jai Shri Ram” slogans would damage the non secular emotions of any neighborhood.
The accused had been charged below the IPC Section 295A for allegedly elevating ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogans in a mosque.
They had been additionally booked below Indian Penal Code (IPC) Sections 447 (legal trespass), 505 (statements conducing to public mischief), 506 (legal intimidation), 34 (widespread intention) and 295A (outraging non secular emotions).
The bench famous that the complainant within the case had himself stated that Hindus and Muslims had been residing in concord within the involved space.
Permitting of additional proceedings towards the petitioners would grow to be an abuse of means of regulation, the bench underlined.
Referring to the Supreme Court order, the bench stated any and each act won’t grow to be an offence below Section 295A of the IPC.
The police had charged that the accused individuals had barged contained in the mosque on September 24, 2023, at about 10.50 p.m. and raised slogans of “Jai Shri Ram”. They had been additionally charged with threatening.
When the criticism was registered the accused had been proven as unknown individuals and later the accused had been taken into custody.
However, difficult the allegations towards them, the accused filed an enchantment earlier than the Karnataka High Court and quashed the case on this regard towards them.
The bench additionally famous that the complainant talked about that Hindus and Muslims lived in concord within the space and in addition claimed shouting “Jai Shri Ram” slogans would flare up communal stress.
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