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AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat high court expressed concern about people’s right to protest and stayed till January 21 the arrest of Muslim youths booked for inciting religious enmity between two communities. The youths had been protesting against France and its president, Emmanuel Macron, for refusing to condemn caricatures of Prophet Muhammed.
Justice Paresh Upadhyay issued notice to the state government and also stayed the police investigation till the next hearing January 21.
The six youths, including a minor, booked by the police in Sojitra town, Anand district, had approached the court seeking quashing of charges against them for pasting posters of the French president and drawing the French flag on public roads towards the end of October. The police had invoked IPC Section 153A against the youths at a later stage.