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2015 Supreme(All) 1400

YASHWANT VARMA
ARUN JAITLEY – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF U. P. – Respondent


Advocates:
Counsel :
Tarun Agrawal, Manindar Singh Gill, Ravi Kant, Nalin Kohli and Rajesh Batra for the Applicant; V.B. Singh, Advocdate General, Imran Ullah, Additional Advocate General, Akhilesh Singh, Government Advocate for the Opposite Party.

JUDGMENT

Hon’ble Yashwant Varma, J.—The applicant seeks to invoke the inherent powers of the Court conferred by Section 482 Cr.P.C. for quashing of Complaint Case No. 382 of 2015 and an order dated 19.10.2015, passed by the Judicial Magistrate, Kulpahar, Mahoba, U.P.

A. BACKGROUND FACTS

2. The record reveals that the Judicial Magistrate taking suo moto cognizance has proceeded to summon the applicant under Sections 124 A and 505 of the Penal Code. The concerned Magistrate has taken cognizance of the alleged offences on the basis of an article written by the applicant and posted on his Facebook page. The article is titled as ‘’NJAC Judgement-An Alternative View’. The Magistrate has recorded that no citizen has a right to disrespect the three pillars of our democracy namely, the Executive, Legislature and the Judiciary. He then proceeds to record that an order of a Court can be questioned only by following a procedure prescribed by law. The order then states that no person is entitled to create or generate hatred or contempt against an elected Government established by law. The Magistrate upon recording the above conclusions holds that the comments made by the applicant undoubtedly sp




























































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