PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT DISMISSES BAIL PLEA OF MAN ACCUSED OF MAKING DEROGATORY REMARKS AGAINST SC, MUSLIM WOMEN ON FACEBOOK

PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT DISMISSES BAIL PLEA OF MAN ACCUSED OF MAKING DEROGATORY REMARKS AGAINST SC, MUSLIM WOMEN ON FACEBOOK

30TH NOVEMBER 2020

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday dismissed the bail petition of an accused charged with making insulting and objectionable comments on Facebook to create disharmony in society.

The Hon’ble Court  while hearing a petition under Section 439 of the Code of CrPC, 1973 for grant of regular bail in FIR No.485 dated 13.08.2020 under Sections 153-A, 295-A, and 505 of IPC and Section 3(1)(V) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 registered at Police Station City Hansi, District Hisar held that A bare perusal of the screenshots of the said posts prima facie reveals that the posts are not only derogatory in nature but are made against particular communities

Furthermore, the allegation was that the petitioner uses filthy language and makes objectionable comments against women belonging to Scheduled Castes. It is also the allegation that insulting comments have been made by the petitioner against Muslim women.