A Kerala court docket Friday granted bail to BJP chief P C George Friday in a hate speech case, 4 days after he surrendered earlier than a Justice of the Peace court docket in Kottayam district.
The aid from the magisterial court docket in Erattupetta comes after he was remanded in judicial custody for 14 days on Monday.
Final week, the Kerala Excessive Court docket had rejected George’s anticipatory bail plea, saying that he has violated the situations of bail that he was granted in an analogous case in 2022. “If granted bail on this case, folks might imagine that, even when the bail situations are violated, they are going to get anticipatory bail from the court docket of legislation. Such a message mustn’t go to society,” the HC mentioned.
Earlier than he surrendered on Monday, a big contingent of police had turned up at George’s residence at Poonjar in Kottayam.
The case towards George stems from remarks he made whereas taking part in a TV channel dialogue on January 5 this 12 months. Through the present, he had equated all Muslims in India with terrorists and demanded that they go to Pakistan.
Following the remarks, Muhammed Shihab, a resident of Erattupetta, filed a police grievance. A case was registered towards George below Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 196(1)(a) and 299 – pertaining to actions that promote enmity between teams and outrage spiritual emotions – and in addition below Part 120(o) of Kerala Police Act.
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