[Section 153A IPC] Contents Of Speech Indirectly Refer To Two Religions 'In The Form Of Innuendo': Karnataka HC Refuses To Quash FIR Against PFI Leader [Read Order]

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday refused to quash a FIR registered against a National Committee Member of the Popular Front of India (PFI), while holding that even though the offending speech does not directly refer to two religions, "it attracts the provisions of Section 153 of the IPC, which is in the form of innuendo." Section 153 of the IPC prohibits and penalizes the...