Kerala HC To Hear On Aisha Sultana
- 17-Jun-2021
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The Kerala high court will on Thursday hear an anticipatory bail plea filed by filmmaker Aisha Sultana. The filmmaker debated controversial remarks on Lakshadweep administrator Praful Khoda Patel, calling him a 'bio weapon' launched by the Centre.
The case was registered against her on June 10 based on a complaint by BJP's Lakshadweep unit president C Abdul Khader Haji. She was booked under Sections 121 A (sedition) and 153 (B) (assertions against national integration) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and she was asked to appear before the police on June 20. Sultana is currently settled in Kochi.
The plea said that the criticism on political issues does not constitute the offence of sedition under Section 124A Indian Penal Code (IPC).
It is said, the applicant had only intended to say that it was due to the apathetic approach and reforms of the new administrator that serious threat is being caused to the lives of the people of the island and had absolutely no intention of exciting disaffection towards the government.
