{"id":50109,"date":"2017-10-10T10:25:34","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T04:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=50109"},"modified":"2017-10-10T10:25:34","modified_gmt":"2017-10-10T04:55:34","slug":"madras-hc-directs-city-police-register-fir-h-raja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/madras-hc-directs-city-police-register-fir-h-raja","title":{"rendered":"Madras HC directs city police to register FIR against H Raja"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_49357\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49357\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/right-to-criticise.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"49357\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/press-doesnt-exclusive-right-criticise-anyone-court\/right-to-criticise\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/right-to-criticise.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,168\" 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=\"right to criticise\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/right-to-criticise.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-49357 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/right-to-criticise.jpg?resize=300%2C168&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Madras HC directs city police to register FIR against H Raja\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/right-to-criticise.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/08\/right-to-criticise.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-49357\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Madras HC directs city police to register FIR against H Raja<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Madras High Court has directed the Chennai police to register an FIR against BJP national secretary H Raja on a complaint by a leader of the Indian National League (INL).<\/p>\n<p>Justice M S Ramesh, before whom the petition filed by INL leader J Abdul Rahim came up, said in the order, &#8220;the inspector is not justified in having received the complaint and keeping it unattended without any further action&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In view of the same, the petitioner has made out a case for this court to invoke its inherent powers under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code,&#8221; he said and directed the Triplicane police in the city to register an FIR against Raja.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The inquiry discloses the commisision of a cognisable offence, the FIR must be registered if not already registered or closed,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The matter relates to a statement allegedly issued by Raja in connection with an attack on the father of Aswin Kumar, a party worker in Ramanathapuram in July last.<\/p>\n<p>Condemning the attack, the BJP leader had reportedly alleged that Muslim outfits were responsible for it.<\/p>\n<p>Contending that the alleged statement of Raja would instigate violence between members of the two communities, the INL leader filed a police complaint on July 18.<\/p>\n<p>As the police had not registered a case, Rahim said he had approached the high court.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Madras High Court has directed the Chennai police to register an FIR against BJP national secretary H Raja on a complaint by a leader of the Indian National League (INL). 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