The Supreme Court Friday issued notice on a plea by stand-up comic Munawar Faruqui seeking interim bail. The case was registered against him by the Madhya Pradesh Police for allegedly hurting religious sentiments.
Faruqui, who has been in Indore jail for over a month, had been denied bail thrice earlier. The 29-year-old was arrested along with five other comedians in Indore on January 2, on a complaint by Eklavya Singh Gaur, the son of a BJP MLA.
The evidence collected till now shows that ‘outraging religious feelings of a class of citizens of India with deliberate intendment’ were made by the applicants as comedian deliberately made filthy jokes against Hindu Gods, Lord Shriram and Goddess Seeta on social media.