Allahabad HC Seeks State’s Counter On Bail Plea Over FB Post Allegedly Disrespecting Indian Flag; Matter Posted For August
The Allahabad Excessive Court docket on Tuesday posted for listening to in August a bail plea filed by a man accused of posting a Fb picture allegedly exhibiting the Indian flag in a reversed place in distinction to the ahead flags of Pakistan, Turkey and China.
A bench of Justice Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal known as for a counter affidavit from the State Authorities together with colored images of the offending submit and deferred the matter to the second week of August.
Briefly put, the accused-Akeel has been booked beneath Sections 152 and 197 BNS for allegedly posting the Indian flag in a disrespectful method, not directly exhibiting the defeat of India.
Looking for bail in the case, his counsel argued earlier than the only choose that no content material was posted by him on Fb which might exhibit any intention to disrespect the Indian flag or exhibit a choice in direction of Pakistan.
He submitted that the offences invoked towards the applicant are punishable as much as 7 years and subsequently, he was entitled to be launched on bail.
On the opposite hand, opposing the plea, the AGA submitted that the act of the applicant in posting the reversed Indian flag, contrasted with the flags of Pakistan and different nations, clearly amounted to exhibiting disrespect to the nation and not directly projected India’s defeat by enemy nations, together with Pakistan.
Additional, the AGA sought a time of one week to file a counter-affidavit together with colored images of the Fb submit uploaded by the applicant.
Accordingly, the Court docket listed the matter within the week commencing August 11 whereas directing the AGA to put the related materials on document within the meantime.
