Kerala police challenge bail granted to ex-MLA George in hate speech case

Thu, 05 May 2022
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The police on Thursday filed a plea before a court here seeking to cancel the bail granted to senior Kerala politician PC George, accused of making a hate speech against Muslims in Kerala at a conclave last week. 

In its plea filed before the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court-II, the police alleged that George violated the bail conditions. 

The conduct of the accused subsequent to the grant of bail is in sheer violation of the bail condition and therefore the bail granted to him is liable to be cancelled under Section 437(5) of CrPC on that ground alone, it said in the plea. 

The police alleged that soon after he was granted bail, George addressed the visual media in front of the judicial officer's quarters, Vanchiyoor and said he is still sticking to what he stated in the speech and was justifying the same which amounts to repetition of the same crime and spreading communal hatred further. 

The police pointed out that the court, while granting bail, had directed the accused not to make and propagate controversial statements which may hurt the religious sentiments of others while on bail. -- PTI