Remarks on Kashi Vishwanath temple: HC refuses to quash FIR towards Lucknow University professor

By PTI

LUCKNOW: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Friday refused to quash an FIR towards Lucknow University professor Ravi Kant Chandan over his remarks on the Kashi Vishwanath temple.

The bench, nevertheless, directed the Hasanganj police to not arrest Chandan with out complying to the provisions of the code of prison procedures.

The FIR was registered towards the professor for allegedly hurting the spiritual sentiments of Hindus amongst different fees based mostly on a grievance by the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, which is the scholar wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.

He was accused of constructing objectionable feedback over the Kashi Vishwanath temple-Gyanvapi complicated in Varanasi throughout a debate on a web based portal.

A bench of justice Arvind Kumar Mishra and justice Manish Mathur handed the order on the petition filed by the professor.

It was argued on behalf of the professor that the offences alleged within the FIR had been punishable with a most of seven years however police had been pressurising to make his arrest with out complying to the provisions enshrined beneath part 41(1)(b) learn with part 41(A) of CrPC.

These provisions mandate police to not make arrest with out issuing discover to the accused and acquiring warrant from the involved court docket.

Earlier, the bench stated that FIR in query disclosed a cognizable offence and therefore there was no event for the court docket to quash the FIR.

Chandan was allegedly assaulted by a pupil on the campus on Wednesday, days after he triggered an issue together with his remarks on the temple.