The Court observed that such conduct, prima facie, amounted to causing public mischief and was defamatory of the government's COVID-19 vaccination drive.
"Every citizen has a right to express himself or practice his own faith, albeit, subject to reasonable restrictions and a number of similar rallies have been allowed to be held," the Calcutta High Court observed.
To deny premature release of a convict based entirely on the nature of the crime committed in the distant past, would be to crush the life force out of such individual, the Court said.