Court rejects anticipatory bail; seeks police report
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, July 26 2021:
District and Sessions Court, Imphal West on Monday rejected an anticipatory bail application filed in connection with a Facebook post.
The Court also sought a report in relation to the case from the police station concerned.
The application was filed by one Omen Achom (32) of Khonghampat Mayai Leikai on Monday over a Facebook post made from an account named Captain Murugun mentioning Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Saikhom Mirabai Chanu.
The counsel told the Court that the petitioner is a research scholar in the Department of Film Studies, English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad.
He did not upload the post with any intention to derogate Mirabai or Northeast people, but it was a sarcastic remark over the behaviour of mainland people towards the north-easterners.
After hearing the counsel, the Court rejected the bail plea, maintaining that the petitioner could not give any other reason for his arrest except for the reason mentioned and considering the language used in the post.
It also ordered Imphal police station OC to submit a report in connection with the case by July 31 .