{"id":248443,"date":"2021-05-20T08:59:56","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T03:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=248443"},"modified":"2021-05-31T19:08:08","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T13:38:08","slug":"gau-hc-prima-facie-her-personal-views-hc-grants-bail-to-the-writer-charged-with-sedition-for-her-facebook-post-on-maoist-attack-in-chattisgarh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/05\/20\/gau-hc-prima-facie-her-personal-views-hc-grants-bail-to-the-writer-charged-with-sedition-for-her-facebook-post-on-maoist-attack-in-chattisgarh\/","title":{"rendered":"Gau HC | \u201cPrima facie her personal views\u201d; HC grants bail to the writer charged with sedition for her facebook post on maoist attack in Chattisgarh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Gauhati High Court:<\/strong> The Bench of Ajit Borthakur, J., granted bail to the renowned Assamese writer, Sikha Sarma in connection with sedition case lodged against her for posting controversial facebook post regarding death of 22 CrPF jawans in an anti-naxal operation.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Factual Matrix of the Case<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">An F.I.R. has been lodged against the petitioner alleging that her facebook post posted on 05.04.2021 showed disrespect to the martyrs of the Nation. It was also alleged that the accused petitioner in her post maligned and disregarded the sacrifice of the martyrs by urging \u2018Media\u2019 not to generate public sentiments in their favour and not to term them as \u2018Swahids\u2019 as they were drawing salary for the services they were providing to the nation. It was further alleged that the defamatory post had also encountered public outrage in social media as on that day, the nation was mourning the martyrdom of 22 Jawans killed during anti-naxal operation in Chattisgarh on 03-04-2021 which also included two jawans from the State of Assam. The alleged post read as:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>\u201c<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>A person who draws salary for his service cannot be considered to be a martyr\/swahid if he dies on duty. If it is so, then, an electrical worker who dies in an electric shock should also be considered as Swahid. News media do not make the public emotional.<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The state was of the opinion that the accused not only showed disrespect to the martyrs of the nation but at the same time tried to invoke anti-social element that killing of our soldier is not a crime. Through the said post the accused tried to create hatred against the government in the execution of lawful duty. Further, her statement fermented disaffection towards the government of India and had potential to give rise to terrorist and anti-national forces.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Stand Taken by the Accused<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The counsel for the petitioner, Mr. A.M. Borah argued that the accused had no <em>malafide<\/em> while posting the messages on her facebook account. She neither made any anti-national statement nor made the statement which brings or attempts to bring or create any hatred, enmity, contempt or disaffection towards the Government established by law. It was submitted by the petitioner that the word \u2018<em>Swahid\/martyr<\/em>\u2019 is not defined in law or by any Government notifications etc., the accused petitioner committed no offence in law for exercising her freedom of expression on good faith. The reliance was placed by the petitioner on the judgments of the Supreme Court in <em>Bilal Ahmed Kaloo v. State of A.P.,<\/em> 1997) 7 SCC 431 and\u00a0 <em>Common Cause v. Union of India<\/em>, in Writ Petition (Civil) No. 683\/2016.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Findings of the Court<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Considering the abovementioned, the Bench opined that,<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u201c<\/strong><strong>The accused petitioner prima facie expressed her personal views on the use of the term <\/strong><strong>\u2018<\/strong><strong>Swahid\/martyr<\/strong><strong>\u2019<\/strong><strong> through social network in respect of 22 brave hearts\/patriot soldiers including 2 such soldiers from the State of Assam, who laid their lives in action or killed on duty, which evoked widespread criticism in social networking platform.<\/strong><strong>\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Having considered the pros and cons of the allegations and evidence so far collected by the investigating officer and also, taking note of the apprehension of threat to health of the prisoners due to the ongoing second wave of novel Covid-19 pandemic, the Bench opined that \u00a0further continuation of detention of the accused petitioner, who is a woman and had been in judicial custody since 07-04-2021, may not be necessary in the interest of the ongoing investigation. Accordingly, the Court allowed the bail application of the petitioner and directed the authority concerned to release the petitioner on bail of Rs.30,000 with one surety of like amount.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[Sikha Sarma v. State of Assam, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/Kg88xipc\"><b>2021 SCC OnLine Gau 1070<\/b><\/a>, decided on 19-04-2021]<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Kamini Sharma, Editorial Assistant has put this report together\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Appearance before the Court by:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Advocate for the Petitioner: A M Bora<br \/>\nAdvocate for the Respondent: PP, Assam<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Gauhati High Court: The Bench of Ajit Borthakur, J., granted bail to the renowned Assamese writer, Sikha Sarma in connection with sedition <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67011,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[3049,35075,42901,3483,3254],"class_list":["post-248443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-casebriefs","category-highcourts","tag-Arrest","tag-facebook-post","tag-free-speech","tag-freedom_of_speech_and_expression","tag-sedition"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.4 (Yoast SEO v26.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Gau HC | \u201cPrima facie her personal views\u201d; 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