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Magistrate Cannot Mechanically Order Registration Of FIR In Matters Having Direct Impact On Free Speech
06 Dec 2019 02:13 pm
While quashing criminal proceedings instituted against ninety year old Tamil writer, K. Rajanarayanan, for allegedly insulting the Scheduled Castes community, the Madras High Court cautioned Magistrates against mechanically ordering registration of FIRs in cases having "direct and clear implications on free speech".
Remarking that taking offence had become a fashion, the court said that the magistrate, at the complaint stage, will have to see if the allegations made in the complaint are so absurd on the basis of which no prudent person can ever reach a just conclusion. With reliance on Perumal Murugan' case decided by HC, the court said,
"It is true that at the complaint stage, the Magistrate is merely concerned with the allegations made out in the complaint. He has only to prima facie satisfy whether there are sufficient grounds to proceed against the accused…He is not expected to embark upon a detailed discussion.
But the above said yardstick and standard cannot be so mechanically applied even in matters that have clear and direct implications on free speech.
