{"id":44729,"date":"2016-09-06T05:30:49","date_gmt":"2016-09-06T00:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=44729"},"modified":"2016-09-06T05:30:49","modified_gmt":"2016-09-06T00:00:49","slug":"sc-quashes-case-dhoni-portraying-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-quashes-case-dhoni-portraying-god","title":{"rendered":"SC quashes case against Dhoni for portraying himself as God"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_divstory\" class=\"fullstorydivcommentin\">\n<div class=\"fullstorydivstory\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_44730\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44730\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"44730\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-quashes-case-dhoni-portraying-god\/ms-dhoni-sunglass-look\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/09\/ms-dhoni-sunglass-look.jpg?fit=700%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"700,400\" 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=\"ms-dhoni-sunglass-look\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/09\/ms-dhoni-sunglass-look.jpg?fit=300%2C171&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/09\/ms-dhoni-sunglass-look.jpg?fit=640%2C366&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-44730 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/09\/ms-dhoni-sunglass-look.jpg?resize=300%2C171&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SC quashes case against Dhoni for portraying himself as God\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/09\/ms-dhoni-sunglass-look.jpg?resize=300%2C171&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/09\/ms-dhoni-sunglass-look.jpg?resize=150%2C86&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/09\/ms-dhoni-sunglass-look.jpg?w=700&amp;ssl=1 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44730\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SC quashes case against Dhoni for portraying himself as God<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"pstory\" class=\"fulstorytext\">The Supreme Court today quashed criminal proceedings against cricketer M S Dhoni for allegedly hurting religious sentiments by portraying himself as God on a magazine cover.<\/p>\n<p>A bench headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi granted the relief to Dhoni after noting that the trial court in Karnataka erred in summoning the cricketer without following the due procedure of law.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We interfere with the order of the High Court and quash the proceedings including the summoning order against the accused&#8230; we have taken note of the complaint and the offence alleged while passing this order&#8221; the bench said.<\/p>\n<p>On September 14, last year, the apex court had stayed the criminal proceedings against Dhoni on a complaint lodged for allegedly portraying himself as Lord Vishnu on a magazine cover page.<\/p>\n<p>The court had also stayed the operation of the order of Karnataka High Court which had refused to stall the criminal proceedings against him.<\/p>\n<p>Dhoni had filed the Special Leave Petition challenging the Karnataka HC order.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint, filed by social activist Jayakumar Hiremath, had alleged that Dhoni was seen on the cover of a business magazine as Lord Vishnu, holding several things, including a shoe in his hands.<\/p>\n<p>Taking cognisance of the complaint, the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) had directed registration of a case against Dhoni under section 295 (injuring or defiling place of worship with intent to insult the religion of any class) along with 34 (common intention) of the IPC.<\/p>\n<p>Later, the ACMM had issued summons to Dhoni to appear before the court, against which he moved the High Court.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fullstorydivcomment\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court today quashed criminal proceedings against cricketer M S Dhoni for allegedly hurting religious sentiments by portraying himself as God on a magazine cover. 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