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Amish Devgan vs Union Of India on 7 December, 2020

6. Reliance was also placed on Amish Devgan v. Union of India and Others3 wherein the petitioner – accused was a journalist who had been hosting and anchoring a debate show on a TV channel. The petitioner had, in the course of the debate, made some observations about a person revered by a community, which was alleged to have caused hurt and incited religious hatred towards a community. Seven FIRs were registered in various parts of the country. While finding that the petitioner could have approached the High Court for appropriate relief, since detailed arguments were addressed by both sides on maintainability of the FIRs and to avoid 1 2023 SCC Online SC 1851 2 W.P.(Crl.) No.75 of 2020 3 (2021) 1 SCC 1 Page 4 of 11 W.P.(CRL.) D.NO.26673 OF 2025 multiplicity of litigation, though this Court refused to quash the FIRs but directed investigation to be carried out independently of such refusal.
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