Additional Sessions Judge Justice Manjinder Singh on Wednesday dismissed the anticipatory bail plea of famend Punjabi singer Gurdas Mann in a case registered towards him for hurting the non secular sentiments of the Sikh neighborhood.
Heavy police drive was deployed within the courtroom premises to keep up legislation and order. Mann was booked by the Nakodar police of Jalandhar underneath part 295 (A) of the IPC for hurting non secular sentiments. Despite apologizing for a similar, a case was registered towards him. Thereafter Mann utilized for anticipatory bail.
Mann is the chairman of the Dera Murad Shah Trust in Nakodar. The incident is of a spiritual program organized in Dera Baba Murad Shah not too long ago. A video clip of this system later went viral through which Mann may be heard saying that Dera Baba Murad Shah chief Laddi Shah is a descendant of the third Sikh Guru, Amardas.
Sikh organizations instantly refuted the declare, saying there was no historic proof for it.
The Amritsar-based Siri Guru Granth Sahib Satikar Samiti had been strongly against Mann’s remarks for the previous few days and although he had apologized, the committee refused to just accept it and was adamant that the costs towards him for hurting non secular sentiments. case ought to be registered for of the Sikh neighborhood.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
