Telangana HC grants bail to suspended BJP MLA T Raja Singh in prophet remark row
10 Nov 2022 12:26:32
Hyderabad, November 10: In a major development, while quashing the charges under the Preventive Detention Act against the suspended BJP MLA T Raja Singh, Telangana High Court granted bail to him in prophet remark row. The court has granted bail in the case against him for making inflammatory remarks against Prophet Muhammad.
Singh was released with the conditions that he should not take out any procession, should not speak to the media, and should desist from making any inflammatory speech on social media, his lawyers L Ravichander and Karuna Sagar said.
Soon after the court orders, T Raja Singh took to Twitter and wrote in Hindi, “Victory to Dharma. Once again I am back at your service. Jai Shri Ram.”
For unreserved, the Telangana police had arrested T Raja Singh in August after he sparked controversy with his alleged remarks against the Prophet in a video that he had posted on social media in response to comedian Munawar Faruqui’s show held in Hyderabad.
Singh was booked under IPC Sections 295(a) (deliberate acts intended to outrage religious feelings); 153(a) (promoting enmity among people of different religions); 505(1)(b) (intent to cause fear in public) and 505 (issuing statements promoting enmity among religions).
After his comments created a furore, the BJP suspended him from the party. The Hyderabad police immediately arrested him, but the 14th Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate court rejected the police’s remand application, saying that they did not serve a notice under CrPC Section 41 before arresting Singh.
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