JUDGMENT :

The writ petition is taken up today through Video conferencing. The present writ petition has been filed for quashing and setting aside Certificate No. DIL/3/10/2021-THI dated 30.12.2021 issued to the movie namely, “HOLY WOUND” by the Regional Officer, Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. Further prayer has been made for stopping release of the said silent movie namely, “HOLY WOUND” on OTT platform/Youtube etc. or on any other social media platform run by the respondent no. 3 – Sahasrara Cinemas Pvt. Ltd., Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala being blasphemous in nature, hurting the religious sentiments of the petitioners as well as the Christian community at large.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the trailer of the movie namely, “HOLY WOUND” is available in various social media platforms from which it could be seen that the film depicts sexual relationship of two female characters, who have been in emotional relationship since childhood and are separated when one of them joins a religious congregation in a Catholic Church. After lapse of few years, both of them reunite and continue their inordinate sexual passion. It is further