Puttur court quasheshate speech' case against PFI leaders, Rajashekhar

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February 8, 2017

Mangaluru, Feb 8: In a relief to Popular Front of India leader Ilyas Mohammed Thumbay and four others, a local court in Puttur has quashed an eight year oldhate speech' case against them.

SDPIRAJ1The other four persons acquitted by the Additional Civil Judge and JMFC, Puttur, are: writer and critic G Rajashekhar, Dalit leader Mahalinga, PFI leaders Abdul Latheef Puttur and Abdul Hameed Haji.

The case was registered in 2009 wherein the above five had been accused of promoting enmity between different communities of people.

The case was based on a complaint lodged by Rohitaksha, then Uppinangady unit president of Hindu Jagarana Vedike, at Uppinangady police station.

The complainant had accused them of delivering communally provocative speeches at a programme organised by PFI in Uppinangady in 2009. Mr Thumbay was then the Karnataka state president of PFI.

Ruling in favour of the speakers, the judge dismissed charges which alleged that their speeches offended certain communities.

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shaji
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Wednesday, 8 Feb 2017

Its unfortunate that innocent persons are being charged of hate speech whereas real hate mongers like prabhakar bhaat, purohit, Mutalik etc etc are let free by police to give any speech. No action is being taken against these hate speakers. Law enforcing authorities are soft for real hate speakers of sangh parivar and filing cases agaisnt common speakers of other orgaisation. .

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