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| No criminal record, no protest, yet Indian Muslim men made to sign bonds in Uttar Pradesh villages | |
| 2019-12-29 | |
The clampdown of the Uttar Pradesh police against the Muslim community has now extended to those who have not taken part in the ongoing protests. In three villages located less than 30km from Lucknow, at least 100 Muslim men have been made to furnish a bond of Rs50,000 each under Section 107/116 of the Criminal Procedure Code, which virtually serves as an assurance that they will not participate in any protest. They will have to appear in court every fortnight or so for at least the next six months. The section is meant to be a preventive measure: it is invoked by an Executive Magistrate against anyone under his jurisdiction who could pose a reasonable threat to the peace. He is supposed to do this after receiving information and forming an opinion that there is substantial ground for proceeding against the individual. Its invocation on a mass scale against those who have never violated the law in the past has come as a shock to the residents of these villages. | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 Is this the badla [revenge] that the chief minister was talking about? Nooooo, dear. That is yet to come. Let me state that everyone that is being acted against is guilty. These are slums full of vermin. Eve-teasers, rapists, pimps, drug dealers, murderers, felons on bail... They deserve every bit of it |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2019-12-29 14:25 |
| #1 This is a terrible, horrible, unbearable violation of their Human Rights - forcing them to respect our rights & laws. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2019-12-29 03:02 |