'Right To Free Speech Not A License To Injure Religious Feelings": Allahabad HC Denies Pre-Arrest Bail To PFI Member Accused Of Spreading Propaganda Against Ayodhya Ram Temple

Akshita Saxena

7 April 2021 9:39 AM IST

  • Right To Free Speech Not A License To Injure Religious Feelings: Allahabad HC Denies Pre-Arrest Bail To PFI Member Accused Of Spreading Propaganda Against Ayodhya Ram Temple

    "A person who takes the risk of dissemination of blasphemous messages is not entitled to get the discretion of the Court exercised in his favour."

    The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court has denied the anticipatory bail plea of a man accused of trying to promote enmity between two religious communities by spreading propaganda about the foundation laying ceremony of the Ram Temple at Ayodhya. "The fundamental right to freedom of speech and expression in a secular State is not an absolute license to injure and hurt...

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