The Supreme Court on Thursday quashed the sedition case registered against journalist Vinod Dua in Himachal Pradesh’s Shimla, news agency PTI reported. A case was filed against Dua by a local BJP leader from Himachal Pradesh for his YouTube show.
A bench of Justices UU Lalit and Vineet Saran had on October 6 last year reserved the verdict on the petition after hearing the arguments of Dua, the Himachal Pradesh government and the complainant in the matter. On July 20 last year, the apex court had extended till further orders the protection granted to Dua from any coercive action in the case. Based on the complaint of BJP’s Mahasu unit president Ajay Shyam on Dua, sections 124A (sedition), 268 (public nuisance), The charges were filed under 501 (printing matter considered to be defamatory) and 505 (statement conducive to public mischief).
The BJP leader claimed that Dua had made strange allegations in his 15-minute YouTube show on March 30. The complainant had alleged that the journalist had accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of using “deaths and terror attacks” to get votes. .
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