A two-judge Supreme Court bench after hearing the matter at length dismissed the appeal seeking to quash criminal proceedings in offences under section 406, 420 r/w 120-B of IPC and under section 5 of Tamil Nadu Protection of Interests of Depositors( In Financial Establishment) Act, 1997.
The Allahabad High Court recently quashed criminal proceedings against a man who had tweeted that maids were entering his society without sanitizing their hands etc.
The Meghalaya High Court has rejected the plea to quash criminal proceedings against a journalist Patricia Mukhim from Shillong for her four-month-old Facebook post condemning the attack on five non-tribal youths by a gang of masked men, allegedly from the tribal community.
In an important decision, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on October 30 directed Police authorities to ensure that FIRs should not be registered in matters involving civil disputes.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has refused to quash criminal proceedings against a man who was accused of inducing religious conversion through financial allure in 2017.
The Supreme Court of India on Friday has dismissed Writ petition filed by Congress Leader from Haryana, Pankaj Punia who was arrested by police in Karnal for allegedly “hurting religious feelings” and “promoted enmity between different groups on ground of religion” through his tweet on social media.