Bombay HC refuses relief to man charged with abusive Whatsapp message
The Hindu
He was booked for making objectionable remarks about deity
The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court dismissed a man’s plea challenging a FIR against him for allegedly making hurtful remarks about Goddess Durga in a Whatsapp group. The court held, “prima facie the messages sent on Whatsapp were objectionable”.
A division bench of justices V.M. Deshpande and A.B. Borkar was hearing a criminal application filed by Jafar Ali Sher Ali Sayyad, 58.
Last year, a WhatsApp group was created by members of a residential colony for organising a Durga puja. It is alleged that on October 9, 2019, Mr. Sayyad posted abusive and dis-respectful message about the deity following which an FIR was filed against him for creating disturbance in the locality and with the intention to hurt public sentiments.
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