Revenue officers and police personnel assembly with migrant workers to dispel misinformation held at Redhills close to Chennai on March 6.
| Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday granted transit anticipatory bail to Uttar Pradesh’s BJP spokesperson Prashant Umrao till March 20, 2023, in an FIR not too long ago lodged by Tamil Nadu Police towards him for allegedly posting a “fake” video in regards to the ‘assault’ on Bihar migrants in Tamil Nadu.
The bench of Justice Jasmeet Singh whereas granting transit anticipatory bail, famous that the applicant required affordable time to achieve the territorial jurisdictional case. Court additionally directed applicant Prashant Umrao to offer his contact quantity and Google location to Tamil Nadu Police.
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Advocate Kaushal Kumar representing the applicant acknowledged that the applicant is a member of the Bar and Standing Counsel of Goa and wishes time to allow the Petitioner to method a reliable territorial jurisdictional Court.
Appearing for Tamil Nadu Police, Senior Advocate Sanjay Hegde submitted that Freedom of speech doesn’t imply he lit hearth to a crowded theatre.
Mr. Hegde additional submitted that he has a report of constructing such tweets after which deleting it with out clarification.
Prashant Umrao Patel, BJP’s Spokesperson of Uttar Pradesh, on Monday moved Delhi High Court with an utility underneath Section 438 of CrPC searching for transit anticipatory bail in the matter arising out of the FIR bearing Crime registered at police station Thoothukudi Central, Tamil Nadu underneath Sections 153/153(A)/504/505 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 towards him in the State of Tamil Nadu.
The applicant acknowledged that the FIR has been wrongly registered towards him in response to sure tweets which he had posted on the social media platform ‘Twitter’ based mostly upon the information lined by nationwide information businesses.
Prashant Patel additional acknowledged that he solely gained data of the stated FIR by a Press Release of the Tamil Nadu Police and a number of other information articles which have been not too long ago revealed protecting the motion initiated by the State of Tamil Nadu in response to related tweets and information articles.
Mr. Patel additional submitted that on March 4, 2023, Tamil Nadu by the Director General of Police, Tamil Nadu has revealed a Press Release whereby it has knowledgeable that motion is being taken towards individuals who revealed sure info regarding migrant labourers being hooked up in Tamil Nadu and a case has been registered towards the Applicant underneath Sections 153, 153(A), 504, and 505 of the IPC.
The State of Tamil Nadu has additionally knowledgeable that particular groups have been fashioned underneath the orders of the Director General of Police, Tamil Nadu to arrest sure individuals together with the applicant.
The applicant/Prashant Patel is a resident of the NCT of Delhi and is a practising lawyer earlier than the Courts in Delhi. The applicant is a member of the Delhi High Court Bar Association.
The applicant can be serving as Standing Counsel for the State of Goa earlier than the Supreme Court, acknowledged the plea.