Salman Khan booked for hurting religious sentiment of Muslims
Hyderabad Police Friday booked actor Salman Khan for hurting religious sentiment of Muslims in a TV reality show hosted by him on Colors channel.
IANS | Dec 21, 2013, 11.54 AM IST
A case against Salman and producers of the show " Bigg Boss" for insulting a religion was booked under section 295 of the Indian Penal Code at Falaknuma police station in the old city of Hyderabad.
Police Commissioner Anurag Sharma told reporters that the case was booked on the direction of a city court after a petitioner, in his complaint, alleged that the religious sentiments of Muslims were hurt during the show.
"Before proceeding further with the investigations in the case, we have sought legal opinion with regard to the jurisdiction and culpability," he said.
The police chief said the petition alleged that the show hurt the religious sentiments by depicting "Jannat" (heaven) and "Jahannum" (hell).
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movies/news-interviews/Salman-Khan-booked-for-hurting-religious-sentiment-of-Muslims/articleshow/27713826.cms
It's Section 295A, which is a species of a hate speech statute:
Section 295A, Indian Penal Code: Deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings or any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs.— Whoever, with deliberate and malicious intention of outraging the religious feelings of any class of citizens of India, by words, either spoken or written, or by signs or by visible representations or otherwise], insults or attempts to insult the religion or the religious beliefs of that class, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both.
http://nirmukta.com/2012/05/07/we-and-section-295a-of-the-ipc/
It's a derivative of the imperial British penal law which was designed to pacify its colony.
Central Government Act
Section 295 in The Indian Penal Code, 1860
295. Injuring or defiling place of worship, with intent to insult the religion of any class.-- Whoever destroys, damages or defiles any place of worship, or any object held sacred by any class of persons with the intention of thereby insulting the religion of any class of persons or with the knowledge that any class of persons is likely to consider such destruction, damage or defilement as an insult to their religion, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.
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