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The Kerala High Court said that no religious belief is above the Constitution. The court made the remark while hearing the plea of ​​a man accused of sharing on social media a video criticizing a young Muslim woman for shaking hands with Kerala Finance Minister TM Thomas Isaac in 2016. In the process, the court rejected the petition seeking to drop serious charges against the accused.
The court said that the trial court has to decide whether the charges against the person under Section 153 of the IPC and Section 119(a) of the Kerala Police Act are true or not. The court said that the question before it is whether a Muslim girl shakes hands with an adult man, if both the girl shaking hands and the adult shaking hands have no problem, then a third person can claim that the Muslim girl has violated religion. beliefs.
In this case, the claim against the petitioner is that a WhatsApp video is being circulated in which the petitioner speaks, commenting that the young respondent 2 violated Sharia law by shaking hands with the Minister of Finance. Therefore, being a mature girl, she committed adultery by touching another person. After the video went viral, the Muslim girl claimed that it was a violation of her personal freedom of belief. In such situations, our constitution should protect its interests. Moreover, it is the company’s duty to support him.
Justice PV Kunhikrishnan said in his order, ‘No religious belief is above the Constitution. The constitution is supreme. The court rejected the petition and said that if the person is innocent, then he can let the case proceed in court and he can be acquitted with respect.
The court also said that it believes that the petitioner will have to surrender before the court having jurisdiction and stand trial according to the law. “Therefore, there is no justification in this case,” the order reads. I clarify that the trial court will decide the case according to law without being influenced by any comments in this order.
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