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New Delhi, Oct 10: Delhi Lt Governor V K Saxena has accorded sanction for the prosecution of author Arundhati Roy and a former Kashmiri Professor in a 2010 case related to provocative speeches allegedly made at a conference.
The FIR against Roy and former professor Sheikh Showkat Hussain was registered following the orders of the Court of Metropolitan Magistrate, New Delhi & LG noted that prima facie a case is made out against Roy and Dr Hussain, former Professor, International Law, Central University of Kashmir,”
The person said the two were charged under sections 153A (promoting enmity between different groups), 153B (imputations, assertions prejudicial to national-integration), and 505 (public mischief through statements) of the Indian Penal Code. Under Section 196(1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), a valid sanction for prosecution from the state government is a prerequisite for certain offences such as hate speech, hurting religious sentiments, hate crimes, sedition, waging war against state, and promoting enmity.
The FIR against Roy and former professor Sheikh Showkat Hussain was registered following the orders of the Court of Metropolitan Magistrate, New Delhi, they said. “LG V K Saxena noted that prima facie a case is made out against Roy and Dr Hussain, former Professor, International Law, Central University of Kashmir,” a Raj Niwas official said on Tuesday
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