Munawar Faruqui Act Hadn t Even Begun but HC Denies Bail, Says Comic Outraged Religious Feelings
The comedian was arrested even before his show took place, based on what a BJP MLA says he heard during a rehearsal.
Stand-up comedian Munawar Faruqui. Photo: Instagram/munawar.faruqui
Rights28/Jan/2021
New Delhi: The Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh high court on Thursday rejected Munawar Faruqui’s bail plea for hurting religious sentiments and said that it was the constitutional duty of every citizen “to promote harmony and the spirit of common brotherhood”.
The single-judge bench of Justice Rohit Arya that gave the judgement after reserving its order on Monday, held that “no case is made out for grant of bail”. It also said that there was prima facie evidence to suggest that the applicants intended to outrage religious feelings “under the garb of standup comedy.”