Plea filed in Delhi Court seeking registration of FIR against Rahul Gandhi for making seditious statements

A plea has been filed in Delhi’s Patiala House Court Complex seeking a direction to the Delhi Police to register an FIR against Congress President Rahul Gandhi for allegedly making seditious statements in the aftermath of the 2016 surgical strike and insulting Prime Minister Narendra Modi..In light of the existence of a dedicated Court which exclusively hears matters pertaining to MPs and MLAs, Metropolitan Magistrate Preeti Parewa today forwarded the application to the District & Sessions Court for appropriate directions..The application was moved by lawyer Joginder Tuli against the backdrop of an October 6, 2016 speech delivered by Rahul Gandhi at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi..“That on the said date, Sh. Rahul Gandhi made a statement in the said meeting against Prime Minister Sh. Narendra Modi accusing him of hiding behind the blood of soldiers and doing dalali (cashing in) on their sacrifice.. Relevant extracts of his statement are reproduced as under:.Jo Hamare jawan hai, jinhone apna khoon diya hai Jammu Kashmir main..jinhone Hindustan ke liye surgical strike kiya hia, unke khoon ke peeche aap chhupe hue ho. Unki dalali kar rahe ho. Ye bikul galat hai. (Our soldiers who have shed their blood in Jammu and Kashmir, who have conducted the surgical strikes, you are hiding behind their blood. You are cashing in on their sacrifice, that’s wrong).” the Application reads..The applicant felt that the “words used in the speech” brought shame to a democratic country and “if democracy has to survive, then there should be some restrictions on people talking against the country.”.Aggrieved by the speech, the applicant sent a complaint to the DCP (New Delhi) and SHO, Parliament Street on October 10, 2016. The same was, however, not registered as an FIR by the Authorities..“That the SHO/Respondent no. 1 has not taken any action on the complaint of the complainant in connivance with respondent no. 2 despite knowing the fact that respondent no. 2 has committed a cognizable offence, therefore, the complainant has no other remedy other than approaching this Hon’ble Court.“.The application thus seeks a direction to Delhi Police to register of an FIR against Rahul Gandhi for obscenity, insulting a public figure and committing the act of sedition..The matter would be heard next by District & Sessions Judge Poonam A Bamba on April 23.