The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Thursday expressed dissatisfaction over the FIR lodged by the police on his order against Minister Vijay Shah regarding objectionable remarks about Colonel Sophia Qureshi and said it should be widespread.
When the bench of Justices Atul Sreedharan and Anuradha Shukla put it before them to show compliance with the previous order, they said that in the present form, it can be rejected if the FIR is challenged.
The court’s remarks came when Tribal Affairs Minister Shah moved the Supreme Court against the High Court’s directive to register an FIR against him. The apex court will hear his petition on Friday.
The High Court on Thursday said that the police should include a comprehensive details of the alleged offenses in the FIR and should be in line with its Wednesday order. The bench said that the police should ensure a fair investigation.
On Wednesday, the High Court took automatic cognizance of the minister’s disputed statements.
Accordingly, Section 152 of the Indian Justice Code (threatening the sovereignty, unity and integrity of India), 196 (1) (b) (B) (B) (B) (B) (B) between communities against Shah, which leads to a public disturbance of public disturbance) and 197 (C) (C) (C) (C) (C) (C) (C) (C) (C) (C) (C) (C) (C) (C) (C) (C) (C) (C) (C) (C) (C) (C) (C) FIR was registered.
Colonel Qureshi came into the limelight when she held a regular press conference with Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri and Wing Commander Vyamika Singh on the ‘Operation Sindoor’ run by the Indian Armed Forces last week to attack terrorist camps in Pakistan and Pakistan -occupied Kashmir (POK).
