The Kerala Government is poised to challenge the Magistrate’s decision to release Kerala Janapaksham (Secular) leader P.C. George, ex-MLA, on bail in the politically charged hate-speech case.
On May 2, the State would move a petition in the district court seeking Mr. George’s bail cancellation. The police had arrested Mr. George from his residence in Erattupettah in Kottayam early on May 1.
They had booked him on the charge of making incendiary comments against a particular group of people with the intention to cause communal discord and provoke rioting.
