Supreme Court refuses to quash FIRs against journalist Amish Devgan for remarks on Sufi saint
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The Supreme Court on Monday refused to quash the prison motion initiated against TV anchor Amish Devgan for making derogatory remarks against Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti on air.
The court docket, nevertheless, protected him from instant arrest, supplied he cooperated with the investigation. It transferred the varied FIRs registered against him to Ajmer.
When senior advocate Siddharth Luthra sought permission to let his shopper seem by way of digital court docket, the highest court docket advised him to make his request earlier than the suitable court docket.
FIRs have been lodged against Mr. Devgan in Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Telangana for his remarks throughout a programme telecast on June 15. Two have been registered at Ajmer and Kota in Rajasthan, one at Bahadurpura in Hyderabad and two in Nanded and Pydhonie in Maharashtra. The FIR lodged in Pydhonie accused him of wounding spiritual sentiments. It was registered on the idea of a criticism by Arif Razvi, common secretary of Raza Academy.
Mr. Devgan had later tweeted an apology, saying that he was really referring to Muslim ruler Alauddin Khilji and inadvertently ended up naming Chishti. He had additionally issued a clarification on Twitter.
He stated it was an error on his half, and thus, couldn’t be handled as an offence.
He argued that he was, in a well-orchestrated method, made a sufferer of baseless prison complaints throughout the nation. He stated his household and his crew have been abused on social media and had obtained dying threats.
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