: Munawar Faruqui’s bail plea rejected, Madhya Pradesh HC says duty of all citizens to promote harmony #IndiaNEWS The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Thursday rejected the bail plea of stand-up comedian

Munawar Faruqui’s bail plea rejected, Madhya Pradesh HC says duty of all citizens to promote harmony #IndiaNEWS
The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Thursday rejected the bail plea of stand-up comedian Munawar Faruqui, reported Bar and Bench. The court concluded that there was prima facie evidence to suggest that Faruqui had intended to outrage religious feelings “under the garb of stand-up comedy???.Faruqui has been in jail since January 1 for allegedly making derogatory jokes on Hindu deities, even though the police have said there was no electronic evidence and that the complaint was filed based on hearsay. Justice Rohit Arya, who pronounced the judgement after reserving orders on January 25, concluded that “regard being had to the material seized and the statements of the witnesses and that the investigation is in progress, no case is made out for grant of bail???. “The evidence/material collected so far, suggest that in an organised public show under the garb of standup comedy at a public place on commercial lines, prima facie; scurrilous, disparaging utterances, outraging religious feelings of a class of citizens of India with deliberate intendment, were made by the applicant,??? the judge said.The judge added that there was “a Constitutional duty on every citizen and the State to promote harmony and the spirit of common brotherhood??? irrespective of their religious, linguistic, sectional and regional diversities. “Every [Fundamental] right is coupled with duty,???...Read more

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