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Imran Pratapgadhi v. State of Gujarat and Anr

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Reported as [2025] 3 S.C.R. 1309
Bench Abhay S. Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan JJ.
Decided 28 March 2025

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Issue for Consideration Whether on facts, the offences punishable under Sections 196, 197, 299 and 302 of the BNS as alleged, were made out against the appellant, a Member of Rajya Sabha; whether the High Court erred in rejecting the petition filed by the appellant to quash the FIR lodged against him. Headnotes† Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 – ss.196, 197(1), 299, 302, 57 and 3(5) – Appellant, a Member of Rajya Sabha had put out a video of a mass marriage function on his social media platform, and in the background of the video, the words of the poem in question were uttered – FIR was lodged

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