The plea, which has also sought initiation of appropriate departmental or punitive proceedings against some police officers of district Gautam Buddh Nagar (Noida, Uttar Pradesh) for allegedly failing to comply with the preventive and remedial measures as directed by the apex court in one of its earlier verdicts, came up for hearing on Friday before a bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and C T Ravikumar.
The bench said the matter would be heard along with other pending petitions related to the issue of hate speech. The apex court granted liberty to the petitioner to serve advance copy of the plea to the standing counsel Uttar Pradesh and other respondents.
The Delhi-based petitioner has said in his plea that he has been a victim of a 바카라dastardly hate crime바카라 in Noida where he was 바카라abused, tortured and systematically stripped of his dignity바카라 by a group of individuals on July 4 this year.
바카라The petitioner is constrained to approach this court on account of the special fact that this court has already issued a number of directions regarding prevention and punishment in relation to hate crimes, i.e. people being mob lynched or subjected to mob violence on account of their identity in the Indian social context; and certain further consequential directions are prayed for from this court,바카라 said the plea, filed through advocate Talha Abdul Rahman.
It claimed that despite several representations to the concerned police authorities as well as the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), no concrete action has been taken on the petitioner바카라s complaint regarding the incident.
The plea, which has also sought direction to the state to pay compensation, alleged that the police has sought to dissuade the 62-year-old petitioner from pressing his complaint by 바카라exerting unwarranted pressure바카라 on him and his family members.
Detailing the incident, the petitioner has said he was attacked and many derogatory words related to his 바카라religious identity바카라 were hurled at him.
바카라The present facts disclose a shocking state of affairs where the petitioner바카라s status as an equal citizen of India is doubly challenged. First in the hate attack on him, and then secondly in the complete negation of the hate crime and resulting trauma caused to him by the state authorities,바카라 it said, alleging that the petitioner was attacked because of 바카라his beard and ostensible Muslim identity바카라.
The plea said it is the duty of the police to bring the perpetrators of the crime to justice and unfortunately, by not registering FIR immediately and not swinging into immediate action in this case, the concerned police officers have failed to perform their duties.
바카라The Indian Constitution recognizes the duty of the state to protect individuals. If hate crimes are permitted to occur with impunity, and without prompt legal action, the promise of the Constitution makers will be broken,바카라 it said.
The plea has also sought directions, including to ensure that the petitioner or is family is not intimidated and harassed.
With PTI inputs.
