The Punjab and Haryana Excessive Court docket has quashed the FIR registered towards Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh for allegedly making controversial remarks about Sant Kabir Das and Guru Ravidas. He was accused of outraging non secular sentiments throughout his discourse, reported ANI.
Justice Manjari Nehru Kaul handed the orders whereas permitting a plea filed by Singh who had sought instructions to quash the FIR dated March 17 registered at Patara police station, Jalandhar (Rural) underneath part 295A (hurting the non secular sentiments) of the IPC. “Upon cautious scrutiny, this Court docket finds no proof of any distortion or misrepresentation within the incident regarding the lifetime of Sant Kabir Das. The narrative doesn’t appear to insult the non secular sentiments or beliefs of any particular group, as it’s deeply rooted in historic assets,” Justice Kaul stated, as quoted by the Indian Specific.
The Bench additional stated, “No proof of malice or deliberate intent to hurt any particular person or neighborhood whereas delivering the discourse is discernible. Quite the opposite, the discourse of the petitioner, as already noticed earlier, aligns with the varied historic texts annexed with the petition. The one key distinction, if any, is that the petitioner has used native colloquial phrases whereas delivering the discourse. Nonetheless, this under no circumstances would indicate any disrespect, malice or intentional affront to the followers of Sant Kabir Das and Guru Ravidas.”
“Furthermore, neither the State nor the complainant has contested the contents of the historic texts annexed with the petition. Because the narrative shouldn’t be a product of the petitioner’s creativeness and doesn’t comprise any exaggerated parts, it can’t be stated to have been delivered with any malicious intent,” the HC stated.
Justice Kaul additionally stated that the complainant has selectively extracted disconnected segments of the discourse and put them with out correct context whereas lodging the FIR, reported the IE.