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If you ignore hate crime, then one day it will come for you: Supreme Court laments delay in filing FIR in 2021 Noida case

When the Bench asked the ASG about the nature of the injuries in the case, ASG Nataraj said,

“Of course if the person resists, then it might lead to injury.”

Justice Joseph then remarked,

“You are surely not arguing to protect them! Resist? Because he was wearing a skull cap? Let us not deny that there indeed exists people in this country who have communal attitude and they usually do it.

The ASG then submitted that no aspect of it being a hate crime was divulged at the time to the Delhi Police, and the petitioner had leaked details to the media rather than approaching higher-ups.

The intention of the victim was something else in the entire case. Do not know if someone else is behind this…the continuous conduct of the petitioner…Belonging to one community does not make it a hate crime.

Justice Joseph then made it clear that the top court would have to swiftly tackle hate crime frontally, and could not let such incidents be whitewashed.

A dumb person was continuously clobbered and then it was found that the victim was Hindu. If you ignore this, then one day it will come for you. No problem for the protected class. but it affects the common man, we cannot compromise on their security.

The judges also remarked that victims may hesitate to approach the police in such cases, and so should not be treated in a disparaging manner when they do.

Solutions can be found only when you recognise the problem. There is a growing consensus around hate speech.

Source: Barandbench

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