Ex-BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma not to be arrested for now: Supreme Court

 

On Tuesday, the Apex Court Suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma can't be arrested in the 9 cases against her over her comments on Prophet Muhammad. The Court asked various states to respond to her request to combine multiple FIRs against her into one.

The Supreme Court will take up Nupur Sharma's request on Aug 10 & until then, no new cases can be filed.

Delhi, Maharashtra, Telengana, West Bengal, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir & Assam are the states that have been asked to respond to her case.

Nupur Sharma's lawyer told the Supreme Court that she had been facing increasing threats to her life since the court's scathing order on July 1.

Nupur Sharma's lawyer Maninder Singh said, "There is ever increasing threat to her safety. No amount of security could help her. Whatever happened in Supreme Court last time may have happened. But there is a real & genuine threat now. In Bengal also there is an FIR against her".

 

After the July 1 order, she pleaded, there had been instances like an Ajmer Dargah employee threatening on the video to slit her throat & another Uttar Pradesh resident abusing her & threatening to behead her.

The Lawyer said that "More FIRs have been registered in Bengal & the Kolkata police has issued a look out circular against her due to which she apprehends her immediate arrest & denial of opportunity to approach different High Courts to seek the quashing of FIRs".

He argued, "There are already laid down laws on how there cannot be multiple FIRs for same offence".

Justice Surya Kant said, "On July 1 we had given liberty to the petitioner to seeking other legal remedies. But now she points out that it's become impossible for her to seek other legal remedies. & there is an immediate need to protect her life & liberty".

In the July 1 hearing, the Top Court had said Nupur Sharma should apologise to the country for triggering tension with her comments.

The Judges said, "The way she has ignited emotions across the country. This lady is single-handedly responsible for what is happening in the country".

 She actually has a loose tongue & has made all kinds of irresponsible statements on TV & set the entire country on fire. Yet, she claims to be a lawyer of 10 years standing... She should have immediately apologised for her comments to the whole country," the Supreme Court had said.

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