Supreme Court stays further proceedings against two journalists who reported on Tripura violence
🔴 The court gave the state four weeks to file its counter-affidavit. A chief judicial magistrate court granted Samriddhi K Sakunia and Swarna Jha bail on November 15.
Samriddhi K Sakunia reporting from Chamtila mosque, Panisangar area. (Twitter/Samriddhi K Sakunia) The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed further proceedings on FIRs registered against journalists of a digital news network in connection with reportage of the alleged communal violence in Tripura.
A bench headed by Justice D Y Chandrachud issued notice on the plea filed by Theos Connect, which operates the HW News Network, and three of its journalists seeking the quashing of two FIRs dated November 14 and 18. The court gave the state four weeks to file its counter-affidavit.
The Tripura Police had booked two scribes — Samriddhi K Sakunia and Swarna Jha — under Sections 120B (criminal conspiracy), 153A (promoting enmity between religious groups) and 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace) of the Indian Penal Code. A chief judicial magistrate court granted them bail on November 15.
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