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‘It’s ultimately a poem…not against any religion’: Supreme Court on Gujarat FIR against MP Imran Pratapgarhi’s Instagram post | India News

‘It’s ultimately a poem…not against any religion’: Supreme Court on Gujarat FIR against MP Imran Pratapgarhi’s Instagram post | India News

The Supreme Court on Monday remarked that the Gujarat High Court had “not appreciated the meaning of the poem” accompanying Congress MP Imran Pratapgarhi’s Instagram post over which the state police recently registered an FIR against him. Hearing the MP’s appeal challenging the high court’s January 17 order refusing to quash the First Information Report (FIR), Justice A S Oka told the state’s counsel, “Please see the poem. The (High) Court has not appreciated the meaning of the poem. It’s ultimately a poem.” The judge added, “It is not against any religion. This poem indirectly says even if somebody indulges in violence, we will not indulge in violence. That’s the message which the poem gives. It is not against any particular community.” Story continues below this ad As per the prosecution, after attending a wedding function at Jamnagar, Pratapgarhi uploaded a video clip with the poem “Ae khoon ke pyase baat suno” running in the background on Instagram. Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, who appeared for Pratapgarhi, said, “The judge has done violence to the law.” …