Congress MP Imran Pratapgarhi
AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat High Court on Friday rejected Congress MP Imran Pratapgarhi’s plea seeking quashing of the FIR lodged against him in Jamnagar earlier this month for allegedly posting an edited video with inflammatory lyrics. The demand was made. The Congress leader claimed that the FIR was filed by the Gujarat Police with malicious and malicious intent.
High Court rejected the petition
The court said that since the investigation is at a very initial stage, I do not find any reason to exercise my powers under Section 528 of the Indian Civil Protection Code, 2023 or Article 226 of the Constitution of India. Therefore this petition is dismissed.
Know what is the whole matter
Let us inform that a case was registered against Pratapgarhi for allegedly posting an edited video with inflammatory songs in the background of a mass marriage ceremony organized in Jamnagar city on January 3. Among other sections, Congress leader Pratapgarhi was booked under sections 196 (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, etc.) and section 197 (accusations, statements prejudicial to national integration) of the Indian Judicial Code. Had gone.
The 46-second video clip uploaded by Pratapgarhi on It is alleged that the lyrics of the song are provocative, harmful to national unity and hurt religious sentiments.
Congress leader gave this argument in the court
In his petition to quash and quash the FIR, the Congress leader claimed that the poem being read in the background gives a “message of love and non-violence”. Pratapgarhi claimed that the FIR has been used as a tool to harass him and has been filed with “malicious intent and wrong intention”. The petition states that a perusal of the FIR shows that some words are being taken out of context.
Input- PTI
