New Delhi, Feb. 10 -- The Supreme Court on Monday raised concerns over an FIR registered by the Gujarat Police against Congress Rajya Sabha MP Imran Pratapgarhi for a poem posted on social media, questioning whether the authorities had understood the true meaning of the poem.
A bench comprising Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan, while hearing Pratapgarhi's petition challenging the Gujarat High Court's refusal to quash the FIR, noted that the police appeared to have misinterpreted the poem.
"Please see the poem. The (High) Court has not appreciated the meaning of the poem. It's ultimately a poem," Justice Oka observed while addressing Advocate Swati Ghildiyal, representing the State.
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