Kerala High Court Refuses To Quash Criminal Proceedings Against Man Who Said Nuns Are Concubines of Priests and Bishops, Says ‘Sufficient Material To Indicate Alleged Offences Were Prima Facie Made Out’
The high court bench of Justice A Badharudeen said that there was sufficient material against the accused to indicate that the alleged offences against the petitioner, PV Samuel, were prima facie made out.
The Kerala High Court recently rejected a man's plea to quash criminal proceedings against him after he was booked for posting a video on YouTube and Facebook alleging that Christian nuns were being made to serve as "concubines" of priests and bishops. The high court bench of Justice A Badharudeen said that there was sufficient material against the accused to indicate that the alleged offences against the petitioner, PV Samuel, were prima facie made out. The accused was booked for offences under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986. Justice Hema Committee Report: Kerala High Court Forms Special Bench Headed by Woman Judge To Hear Exploitation Cases of Women in Malayalam Film Industry.
HC Refuses to Quash Criminal Proceedings Against Petitioner
Kerala High Court refuses to quash case against man who said nuns are concubines of priests, bishops
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