'How S.124A Is Added?,Is It A Cruel Hand Of The State, Which Is Running Over?', U'khand HC Asks While Granting Interim Bail to Journalist In A Sedition Case
The Uttarakhand High Court on Thursday posed a series of detailed and serious questions for the State Government to answer by way of filing a counter-affidavit and granted interim bail to the applicant until the instant bail application is decided. The background of the case Dr. Harendra Rawat, a resident of Dehradun, had filed a case against Journalist Rajesh Sharma on July 31 in the Nehru Colony Police Station Dehradun for tarnishing his image and the image of his wife Dr. Savita Rawat by publishing fake news against them. Arguments put forth by the Parties On behalf of the applicant, it was argued that he has not been even named in the FIR; he has been in custody for 35 days now; the allegations in the FIR do not make out a prima-facie case against him; out of two persons named in the FIR one, namely, Umesh Sharma who had earlier sought protection from the Court, which has been provided. The court further observed that it is also required to be deliberated as to which one is the FIR in the instant case; the earlier application given by the informant or the instant application which the State has treated as FIR?
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