Wrong to claim that a particular faith the 'only true religion': HC
PRAYAGRAJ, March 27 -- The Allahabad high court has observed that it is wrong for any person to claim in secular India that a particular religion is the "only true religion", as doing so implies a "disparagement" of other faiths and the same prima facie attracts Section 295A of the Indian Penal Code.
The court made the observation while declining to interfere in criminal proceedings, where a person claimed his religion to be the only true religion.
Justice Saurabh Srivastava dismissed a petition filed by Reverend Father Vineet Vincent Pereira, seeking quashing of criminal proceedings under Section 295A IPC [Deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs].P2...
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