{"id":38978,"date":"2015-09-14T09:12:19","date_gmt":"2015-09-14T09:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=38978"},"modified":"2015-09-14T09:12:19","modified_gmt":"2015-09-14T09:12:19","slug":"sc-stays-criminal-proceedings-against-dhoni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-stays-criminal-proceedings-against-dhoni","title":{"rendered":"SC stays criminal proceedings against Dhoni"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_38979\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38979\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/dhoni.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"38979\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-stays-criminal-proceedings-against-dhoni\/dhoni\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/dhoni.jpg?fit=1943%2C1457&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1943,1457\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"dhoni\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/dhoni.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/dhoni.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-38979 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/dhoni.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SC stays criminal proceedings against Dhoni\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/dhoni.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/dhoni.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/dhoni.jpg?w=1943&amp;ssl=1 1943w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/dhoni.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38979\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SC stays criminal proceedings against Dhoni<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Supreme Court on Monday stayed criminal proceedings against Indian cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni for allegedly &#8216;denigrating&#8217; a Hindu god by posing asLord Vishnu on the cover page of a magazine.<\/p>\n<p>The apex court also issued notice to social activist Jayakumar Hiremath, who had filed the case against Dhoni. The complainant had alleged that the cricketer had outraged religious sentiments.<\/p>\n<p>The apex court, which posted the matter for hearing on October 1, directed the complainant to file his response before that.<\/p>\n<p>Dhoni had earlier approached the apex court seeking quashing of a criminal case against him in the Karnataka High Court for allegedly outraging religious sentiments for his portrayal of Lord Vishnu on a magazine cover.<\/p>\n<p>The Karnataka High Court, however, refused to quash the case, prompting Dhoni to file an appeal in the apex court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court on Monday stayed criminal proceedings against Indian cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni for allegedly &#8216;denigrating&#8217; a Hindu god by posing asLord Vishnu on the cover page of a magazine. The apex court also issued notice to social activist Jayakumar Hiremath, who had filed the case against Dhoni. 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