Bombay HC quashes Mumbai Police FIR against Sunaina Holey, who mocked Uddhav, Aaditya Thackeray

New Delhi: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday quashed a Mumbai Police FIR against Sunaina Holey for her tweet allegedly promoting enmity between two communities.

The Court said that the tweet did not name any communities and it has to be judged from the perspective of a prudent man, reported Bar and Bench

According to Bar and Bench, “Neither community nor religion is named. If test of strong or prudent person is applied said tweet cannot be said to have created hatred between community or show the petitioner has mens rea,” the Court said.

Order: The efforts of police are appreciated to ensure situation does not go out of hand. The action registering FIR if taken at face value do not constitute an offence. After careful and indepth consideration, we deem it fit to quash FIR.

— Bar & Bench (@barandbench) May 5, 2021

The order was passed by a Bench of Justices SS Shinde and MS Karnik on a plea by Holey to quash the FIR registered against her after she tweeted a video which allegedly had the possibility to promote enmity between religious communities.

Aside from the FIR quashed on Wednesday, two more FIRs have been registered against her in connection with her tweets against Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and State Cabinet Minister Aaditya Thackeray.