City court rejects FIR plea against Bengal CM
Mamata Banerjee
for allegedly hurting religious sentiments of a community, citing lack of prior sanction from appropriate govt authority.
The plea had alleged that Banerjee's statements, made in the aftermath of the RG Kar Medical College rape case last year, was "hate speech" and intended to "create anarchy".
The complainant referred to the incident where a mob attacked and vandalised the premises of the college amid protests against the rape-murder. Court held that cognizance of offences under sections of BNS cannot be taken without sanction of the central or state govt. Judicial magistrate (Girgaon court) S R Nimse, in an order passed last month, noted that no such sanction was on record in the present complaint against Banerjee and dismissed the complaint.
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