Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena has sanctioned prosecution against activists of ‘Youth Equality Foundation’ and ‘Aarakshan Virodhi Party’ for insulting Schedule Castes and Scheduled Tribes and the Constitution of India during a protest that was held in 2018.
Sources at Raj Niwas said that the L-G office has given sanction to prosecute Krishan Mohan Rai and Ashutosh Kumar, activists of ‘Youth Equality Foundation’ and ‘Aarakshan Virodhi Party’ for insulting Schedule Castes and Scheduled Tribes and the Constitution of India during a protest on August 9, 2018. As per the sources in L-G office, these miscreants along with others had shouted slogans ‘Aarakshan Murdabad’, ‘Sanvidhan Murdabad’, ‘SC/ST Act Murdabad’, ‘Ambedkar Murdabad’, ‘Chamar Murdabad’, etc. and torn and burnt copies of the Constitution in a protest against SC/ST Act Amendment Bill and reservations at Parliament Street.
“Saxena has granted prosecution under section 196 of the Code Of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) to prosecute the accused persons in case FIR No. 75/2018 dated August 10, 2018, under section 3(U)SC/ST Punishments for offences atrocities Act, 153A (Promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence), 505 (Statements conducing to public mischief), 120B (Punishment of criminal conspiracy), 34 (Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) Indian Penal Code (IPC), Prevention of Insults to National Honours Act, 1971,” they said.
“The initial FIR in this regard was filed on the complaint of Anil Tanwar, National In-charge of ‘Akhil Bhartiya Bheem Sena’ on August 9, 2018,” sources said.
“The accused had also uploaded the videos of the protests on social media with the intention of promoting enmity amongst different groups, disturbing social harmony and breaching peace. Others involved in the case, against whom action was taken include Abhishek Shukla, Sriniwas Pandey, Santosh Shukla and Deepak Gaur. They were arrested and are out on bail given by the Delhi High Court,” said sources.
Saxena in his sanction stated that he has perused the FIR, Charge sheet, relevant documents and other material placed on record and facts of the case at PS Parliament Street, New Delhi.
After the careful scrutiny of the evidence available, The L-G considered view that a prima facie case is made out against the accused Krishan Mohan Rai son of Inderjeet Rai and Ashutosh Kumar son of Nanheshwar Prasad.