No Aid For Sharmistha Panoli: Calcutta HC Refuses Advert-Interim Bail To Influencer Held For Hurting Spiritual Sentiments | India Information
The Calcutta Excessive Courtroom on Tuesday denied ad-interim bail to Sharmistha Panoli, the 22-year-old legislation pupil arrested just lately by Kolkata Police on fees of injuring non secular sentiments and selling disharmony and hatred.
As her counsel approached the Excessive Courtroom, difficult the trial courtroom’s order final week sending her to judicial custody until June 13, the matter got here up for listening to earlier than the holiday bench of Justice Partha Sarathi Chatterjee.
Nevertheless, Justice Chatterjee denied any aid to Panoli, observing that the liberty of speech within the nation doesn’t permit anybody to harm anybody’s non secular sentiment.
An FIR was registered towards Panoli at Backyard Attain Police Station on Could 15 for posting an Instagram video, the place she made some feedback on ‘Operation Sindoor’ that had reportedly damage the non secular sentiments of a specific group.
Within the face of sturdy criticism, she deleted that video and in addition tendered a public apology for the matter. Nevertheless, based mostly on the FIR registered, the police first despatched her a discover, which failed since she had gone into hiding in Gurugram by then.
Thereafter, an arrest warrant was issued towards her, and eventually, she was arrested from Gurugram by Kolkata Police on Saturday morning and was introduced again to Kolkata on transit remand on the identical day.
Rejecting the ad-interim bail, Justice Chatterjee noticed that the video posted on social media had reportedly damage the non secular sentiments of a bit of individuals. “We now have freedom of speech, however that doesn’t imply you’ll go on to harm others. Our nation is various, with all individuals. We have to be cautious,” he stated.
He directed the police to submit the case diary within the matter by the subsequent date of listening to on June 5.
The holiday bench additionally directed the state authorities to make sure that police don’t pursue another criticism filed towards Panoli in another police station. It additionally directed the police to not register any recent complaints in the identical matter.
