New Delhi, April 17 (). The Supreme Court on Monday sought response of the Delhi Police on CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat’s plea challenging the Delhi High Court’s order dismissing her plea challenging the trial court’s refusal to register an FIR against a Union minister. Anurag Thakur and BJP MP Parvesh Verma have been accused of allegedly making hate speeches over anti-CAA protests.
Justice K.M. Joseph said that prima facie the Magistrate’s stand that sanction was required for registration of FIR against BJP leaders was not correct. Having said that the reasoning of the courts under that sanction under Section 196 of CrPC cannot be correct.
The bench comprising Justice B.V. Nagaratna issued a notice to the Delhi Police and sought a reply within three weeks.
The Delhi High Court had in June last year convicted CPI(M) leaders Karat and K.M. Tiwari against Thakur and Verma for their alleged hate speeches. The High Court refused to interfere with the order of the trial court.
The petitioners had argued before the trial court that BJP leaders had tried to instigate people, resulting in three incidents of firing at two different protest sites in Delhi.
The petitioners cited a rally in Delhi in January 2020 alleging that Thakur incited the crowd to raise provocative slogans after criticizing anti-CAA protesters at Shaheen Bagh. Also, Verma made an inflammatory speech against the Shaheen Bagh protesters in the same month.
In August 2021, the trial court dismissed the complaint of the petitioners.
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