Karnataka HC quashes FIR against BJP’s BY Vijayendra over allegedly offensive social media post
The FIR was filed on allegations that the comments by the party’s state unit were about Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and other Congress leaders.
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The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday quashed a first information report against Bharatiya Janata Party state chief BY Vijayendra over an allegedly offensive social media post by the party’s state unit, Bar and Bench reported.
Justice M Nagaprasanna said that the court was closing the case and ordered the quashing of the FIR, and all related proceedings.
Advocate Aruna Shyam, representing Vijayendra, told the court that the post on social media platform X was simply a comment about the Congress government’s performance in Karnataka.
Shyam argued that no offense of promoting enmity between communities under Section 505(2) of the Indian Penal Code had been committed.
The FIR against Vijayendra was filed in April after a complaint by the Election Commission’s flying squad, alleging that the Karnataka BJP had made comments against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and other Congress leaders.
It also invoked Indian Penal Code Section 153A that deals with offence of promoting enmity between groups on the grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence or language, and committing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony, and Section 125 of Representation of People Act that deals with offence of promoting enmity between groups in connection with elections, Live Law reported.
The prosecution alleged that the social media post by the BJP had claimed that the Congress was trying to appease...
