The Supreme Court ruled today that arrest warrants cannot be issued in the nine cases against suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma because of her remarks on Prophet Muhammad. She asked to have several FIRs against her combined into one, and the court requested responses from other states.
On August 10, the Supreme Court will consider Nupur Sharma’s motion; no new cases may be brought before that day.
The states of Jammu and Kashmir, Assam, West Bengal, Karnataka, Delhi, Maharashtra, and Telengana have been requested to comment on her case. The Supreme Court was informed by Nupur Sharma’s attorney that following the court’s harsh ruling on July 1, she has come under increased threats to her life.
“There is ever increasing threat to her safety. No amount of security could help her. Whatever happened in Supreme Court last time may have happened. But there is a real and genuine threat now. In Bengal also there is an FIR against her,” said Nupur Sharma’s lawyer Maninder Singh.
After the July 1 order, she pleaded, there had been instances like an Ajmer Dargah employee threatening on video to slit her throat and another UP resident abusing her and threatening to behead her.
Source: Indian Express
