The plea stated that despite this, on midnight of August 31, 2022, the Kalyan police officer confiscated the cutouts of the theme and orally directed the petitioner to not display the same.
An FIR was also lodged against the trust alleging Sections 153 (wantonly giving provocation to cause riot) and 505(2) (statements promoting enmity) of the Indian Penal Code.
“A perusal of the FIR shows that the same is politically motivated and no offence as stated in the FIR is even remotely made out,” the petition stated.
Interestingly, Shrikant Shinde, the Chief Minister’s son is the elected Member of Lok Sabha from that constituency.
Source: Barandbench
