PRAYAGRAJ: The Allahabad high court has refused to quash the criminal proceedings against a man, who is accused of posting objectionable comment on facebook against Lord Shiva observing that 'offences that have tendency to promote hatred between classes of people or communities have to be put down with heavy hands'.
Dismissing a petition filed by one Asif of Aligarh district, Justice JJ Munir further observed, “These offences cannot be permitted to flourish in society by adopting a soft-pedalling approach at the cost of widespread damage to the community.”
