Tuesday, 08 March 2022 | PNS | Nainital
Hearing on the bail application of Wasim Rizvi alias Jitendra Narayan Tyagi who is accused of hate speech at an event in Haridwar, the Uttarakhand high court has directed the State government to submit its reply within 24 hours. The single bench of justice Ravindra Maithani issued this direction while hearing the plea on Monday.
According to the case details, resident of Jwalapur in Haridwar, Nadeem Ali had lodged a complaint with the Haridwar police on January 2. He had stated in the complaint that a Dharm Sansad programme was held in Haridwar from December 17 to 19 last year. Some of the speakers had made objectionable statements targeting a particular community, the complainant had alleged. Later, the videos of Rizvi, Yati Narsinghanand and others also went viral on the social media. The complainant stated that the inflammatory speeches had disturbed the peace in the district while also causing embarrassment at the national and international level. Acting on the complaint, the police lodged a case against Rizvi, Narsinghanand and others under sections 153 A and 295 of the Indian Penal Code for hate speech in the Haridwar event.
