Yo Yo Honey Singh in trouble?: High Court disposes of his plea on ‘obscene song’
A bench of Justice Jasjit Singh Bedi, however, clarified that in case at a subsequent stage if the chargesheet incriminating Honey Singh is to be filed, he should be given seven days' notice to avail of his legal remedies.
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Honey Singh lists the stupidest songs of his career. (File Photo)The Punjab and Haryana High Court has disposed of as “infructuous” a petition filed before it by rapper Hirdesh Singh alias Yo Yo Honey Singh seeking quashing of an FIR registered in an alleged case of “obscene acts and songs” after the Punjab government counsel submitted in the court that “a cancellation report has been prepared and is pending approval of the higher authorities”.
A bench of Justice Jasjit Singh Bedi, however, clarified that in case at a subsequent stage if the chargesheet incriminating Honey Singh is to be filed, he should be given seven days’ notice to avail of his legal remedies.
The order by Justice Bedi read, “In view of the above, the present petition is rendered infructuous. However, in case at a subsequent stage if the report under Section 173(2) of CrPC inculpating the petitioner is to be filed, he shall be given seven days notice in order to avail remedies available to him in accordance with law.” Honey Singh had moved the high court in 2013 seeking quashing of FIR No. 79 registered on May 16, 2013, under Section 294 (obscene acts and songs) of IPC at City S B S Nagar police station, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district, Punjab.
As per the case, the FIR was registered on the complaint of a non-government organisation (NGO), Human Empowerment League of Punjab (HELP), alleging that there is a very obscene and vulgar song titled “Main Hoon Balatkaari” sung by Honey Singh which is available on “YouTube” and “the petitioner requires to be prosecuted for hurting the civilised Indians and creating an atmosphere of hatred”.
The FIR was registered after the NGO had filed a PIL in the high court seeking a mechanism to keep a check on the alleged obscene and vulgar songs being recorded which offended the dignity of women. It was alleged by the NGO that a song said to be on YouTube was sung by Honey Singh. The PIL was later disposed of by the high court in July 2013, with observations that Honey Singh has been unnecessarily dragged into the picture and now even an FIR has been registered. Also, the court gave directions to the authorities of Punjab government to see what could be the appropriate steps, if any, to be taken up.
Honey Singh thus approached the high court seeking quashing of the FIR registered against him. The counsel for Honey Singh in the high court had argued that “he is an elite artist who has carved out a niche by redefining music in Hindi and Punjabi film/music industry. His music compositions have been embraced by the masses making him one of the most popular singers of this era. However, the burgeoning success and popularity of the petitioner has now gone against him as now he has been made a victim of his success by filing frivolous complaints against him. The FIR alleges that he has sung a song ‘Mai Hoon Balatkaari’ which is not sung by him and he has no relation with this song in any manner whatsoever”.
It was contended by Honey Singh’s counsel, Senior Advocate Anmol Rattan Singh Sidhu and Gursher Singh Dhillon, that the song as alleged to be available on YouTube has been uploaded by a user name “Supersolitude” and the petitioner has nothing to do with the singing or uploading of this song.
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