HC quashes FIR against man for Facebook post
The Hindu
The complaint against him was over hurting the sentiments of a minority community and promoting a feeling of enmity between different religious groups.
The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court recently quashed an FIR against a man for allegedly hurting the feelings of a minority community through a social media post. However, the man was directed to pay ₹20,000 to the investigating officer (IO) “as compensation for valuable time spent by the police machinery”.
A Division Bench of Justices A.S. Chandurkar and G.A. Sanap was hearing an application filed by Pradeep Yadav, 39, from Chandrapur seeking to quash an FIR against him filed on October 1, 2018. Gaus Siddiki, 32, filed a FIR against him for promoting a feeling of enmity between different religious groups.
On September 29, 2018, Mr. Yadav uploaded a post on Facebook that had been forwarded to him. Mr. Siddiki said that the post hurt the sentiments of Muslims and, subsequently, filed an FIR.
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