A Division Bench of Allahabad HC quashes FIR registered against Farhan Akhar (@FarOutAkhtar)and Ritesh Sidhwani (@ritesh_sid) and others for allegedly depicting the city Mirzapur in a bad light and hurting sentiments of #Brahmin samaj.
#allahabadhighcourt #Mirzapur
#allahabadhighcourt #Mirzapur
The FIR had stated that Mirzapur is a holy city belonging to the goddess '𝐕𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐡𝐲𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐢'and the web series depicts it as an anti-social and criminal place.
#Mirzapur #AmazonPrimeVideo #AllahabadHighCourt
#Mirzapur #AmazonPrimeVideo #AllahabadHighCourt
Also, the informant in the case had also made allegations that web series specifically maligns '𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐡𝐦𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐣'.
He had alleged that the in the series Tripathi family was deliberately depicted in a bad light to defame Brahmins.
#brahmin #Mirzapur #allahabadhighcourt
He had alleged that the in the series Tripathi family was deliberately depicted in a bad light to defame Brahmins.
#brahmin #Mirzapur #allahabadhighcourt
However, the bench noted that allegations in the FIR were not as such that the series portrays a particular religion or a class of citizens in a bad light.
Court noted that it was the informant alone whose religious,social & regional sentiments had been hurt.
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Court noted that it was the informant alone whose religious,social & regional sentiments had been hurt.
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Therefore, court quashed the FIR which was registered in January this year u/s 295-A, 504, 505 and 34 of the IPC and Section 67-A of the IT Act in Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh.
#allahabadhighcourt #Mirzapur #AmazonPrimeVideo
#allahabadhighcourt #Mirzapur #AmazonPrimeVideo
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