SC dismisses activist Rehana Fathima’s bail plea in child video case
Dismissing the plea, Justice Arun Mishra expressed bafflement at the ‘kind of case’ brought before the court.
A Supreme Court bench on Friday dismissed Kerala activist Rehana Fathima’s plea seeking anticipatory bail in the case related to a controversial video with her children. After the Kerala High Court refused her pre-arrest bail, Rehana’s counsel had moved the top court challenging the high court order late July.
Rehana was reserved under areas of the POCSO Act (Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses) after she transferred a video of her kids painting on her semi-bare body.
On Friday, a seat drove by Justice Arun Mishra dismissed the supplication, expressing that at first sight, POCSO charges apply to the denounced lobbyist for the situation. The dissident’s guidance Advocate Gopal Sankaranarayan had contended that area 13 of POCSO (utilizing a youngster in any media, with the end goal of sexual delight) won’t have any significant bearing to the lobbyist as the “kids are completely dressed in the video.”
The extremist had likewise contended that her goal was to standardize the female body and “to spread a message to not permit ‘mutilated thoughts of sexualization’ in the brains of kids”. She had additionally included that she permitted her youngsters to paint on her body ‘like a canvas’ and just a ‘debase’ can sexualize such a demonstration.
Excusing the request, Justice Mishra communicated confusion at the ‘sort of case’ brought under the steady gaze of the court.
“For what reason do you do this? You may be an extremist however for what reason do this? What sort of jabber is this? How might you utilize youngsters for this? What sort of culture will the youngsters see?” Justice Arun Mishra, who was going the seat, was cited as saying.
The appointed authority included that the video will consider vulgarity and that it will “leave the general public in an awful taste.”
Plea by Kerala activist Rehana Fathima seeking anticipatory bail after she allowed her children to paint on her half nude body.
“Why do you do all this. You might be activist but why do this. What kind of nonsense is this. What impression will the kids get,” justice Arun Mishra.
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Prior the Kerala High Court had dismissed her expectant bail supplication, with the adjudicator expressing that ‘he isn’t in a situation to state that no offense under POCSO Act and different segments are pulled in for this situation’.
The High Court additionally said this was not ‘a fit situation where the solicitor could be discharged on bail’ and included that it resembled the ‘youngsters were utilized for sexual satisfaction’ in a ‘revolting’ way.
Rehana had tested this request by moving the Supreme court and in her supplication contended that the youngsters ‘were painting in a vacuous way’ and consequently difficult to infer that they were ‘utilized for sexual satisfaction’.
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