US Edition‘Sar Tan Se Juda’ Slogan Is a Challenge to the Authority of Law as Well as Sovereignty of India, Says Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court ruled the slogan incites armed rebellion and violates India's sovereignty, denying bail to Mohd. Rihan linked to May 26 Bareilly violence involving 500 rioters.
- On Wednesday, the Allahabad High Court denied bail to Mohd. Rihan in the Bareilly violence case, ruling the chant incites armed rebellion and violates Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita section 152.
- Organisers reportedly gathered a crowd of over 500 despite prohibitory orders barring assemblies of more than five at Bareilly's Biharipur, prosecutors say.
- The crowd repeatedly chanted a slogan calling for beheading despite police orders to disperse, while rioters pelted stones injuring policemen and vandalising public and private vehicles; seven rioters including Mohd. Rihan were arrested on-site.
- Framing the chant as religiously unsanctioned, the court said it finds no Quranic basis and called it a perversion contradicting Prophet Mohammad's examples of mercy, distinguishing devotional slogans from threats.
- The bench emphasised that freedom of speech carries reasonable restrictions, warning any slogan prescribing death challenges the constitutional object and lawful authority of the Indian legal system.
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‘Sar tan se juda’ slogan challenges sovereignty, integrity of India: Allahabad High Court denies bail to man booked for incitement
Allahabad High Court Rejects bail plea: Justice Deshwal said any slogan by a crowd that provides a death sentence contrary to the appropriate punishment provided by the BNS or other criminal law is not only against the constitutional object but also a challenge to the Indian legal system.
‘Sar Tan Se Juda’ slogan is a challenge to the authority of law as well as sovereignty of India, says Allahabad High Court
Refusing bail to a person accused of reciting this slogan, Bench of justice Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal, added that the slogan incites the people for arm rebellion and is against the basic tenets of Islam
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NewsDrum'Sar tan se juda' slogan challenge to India's integrity, incites people for armed rebellion: Allahabad HC
The Allahabad High Court has made a bold statement by deeming the slogan 'Gustakh-e-nabi ki ek saza, sar tan se juda' as a direct challenge to Indian laws and its national integrity. The slogan was labeled as provocative, potentially stirring armed revolt.
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