— NATURE OF POSTS INDICATE PROPENSITY TO PROVOKE VIOLENCE, ERODE RESPECT FOR CONSTITUTIONAL POSITION
— SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT INTENDED FOR INTENTIONAL INTIMIDATION, INSULT MEMBER OF A SCHEDULED CASTE
— ATTEMPTS TO PROMOTE FEELINGS OF ENMITY, HATRED AND ILL-WILL AGAINST MEMBERS OF SCHEDULED CASTE, PROMOTING ENMITY BETWEEN GROUPS ON GROUNDS OF CASTE
— INTENTIONAL INSULT WITH INTENT TO PROVOKE BREACH OF PEACE, CONDUCT OF PUBLIC MISCHIEF
CHANDIGARH, October 8:
Cracking down hard on unlawful and objectionable social media content targeting the Hon’ble Chief Justice of India, the Punjab Police today registered several FIRs after receipt of numerous complaints in various districts of the State on over a hundred social media handles.
A Punjab Police Spokesperson stated that social media content relating to attacks on High Constitutional Authority, Caste-based Vilification and Incitement, Public Mischief with a direct attempt to disturb peace and public order by unjustly exploiting caste and communal sentiments has been flagged and FIRs have been registered in accordance with law. The posts and videos in question contain casteist and hate-filled expressions intended to promote communal disharmony, disturb public order and erode respect for judicial institutions.
The Spokesperson further stated that the social media content included unlawful and objectionable content targeting the Hon’ble Chief Justice of India. The contents of the social media posts included posts intended to provoke violence and erode respect for constitutional position, intentional intimidation and insult to a member of a scheduled caste, attempts to promote enmity, hatred and ill-will against a member of a scheduled caste, promotion of enmity between groups on grounds of caste, and, intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace and statements conducting to public mischief.
FIRs u/s 3(1)(r), 3(1)(s) and 3(1)(u) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and Sections 196, 352, 353(1), 353(2) and 61 of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita have been registered in various Police Stations on receipt of information disclosing the commission of cognizable offences.
Further investigations in these FIRs are being conducted in accordance with law.
