‘Ya Allah! Rasgulla!’ Remark Without Malicious Intent Doesn’t Insult Religion: Bombay HC Quashes FIR Against Bharati Singh, Shekhar Suman

Mere use of food items in a comic act cannot amount to insult to religion, the Bombay High Court said on Wednesday (April 29) while quashing a First Information Report (FIR) lodged in 2010 against comedian Bharati Singh and actor Shekhar Suman, for uttering the words ‘Ya Allah! Rasgulla! Dahi Bhalla!’Single-judge Justice Amit Borkar made it clear that criminal law should not be ‘casually’…