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The Supreme Court on Monday raised the question that how can raising slogans of Jai Shri Ram be called a crime? A bench of Justices Pankaj Mithal and Sandeep Mehta was hearing a petition challenging the Karnataka High Court’s decision in the matter.
The High Court, in its judgment on September 13, quashed the legal proceedings against two persons who allegedly raised slogans of Jai Shri Ram inside the mosque. Challenging the decision of the High Court, Haider Ali CM. A petition was filed in the Supreme Court. The bench said that they were raising a particular religious slogan. How can this be a crime? The court also asked how the people who entered the mosque and raised slogans were identified?
The bench asked senior advocate Devdutt Kamat, appearing for the petitioner, how did you identify those who raised slogans? You say that those raising slogans are visible on CCTV. Has the person who entered the mosque and raised slogans been identified? The lawyer said that the investigation into the case was incomplete before the High Court canceled the case. The Supreme Court said that the High Court must have felt that this allegation does not fall within the definition of crime under Section 503 or Section 447 of the IPC.
