Singer Gurdas Maan Issued Notice by Punjab and Haryana High Court

Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday issued notice of motion to Punjabi singer Gurdas Maan facing allegations of hurting religious sentiments under Section 295-A of the IPC, reported The Tribune.

The notice by Justice Sandeep Moudgil came on a petition seeking the setting aside of orders accepting the cancellation report filed by the police after probing the matter.

Appearing before Justice Moudgil’s Bench, petitioner Harjinder Singh alias Jinda and two others through counsel Ramandeep Singh Gill, AS Chahal, Jatin Bansal and Kartik Sharma submitted that an FIR with allegations under Section 295-A was registered on August 26, 2021, at the Nakodar City police station.

Maan is alleged to have hurt the sentiments of a community through a video which went viral. In this video, Mann passed a statement that Laddi Shah was a descendant of Guru Amar Dass. The statement was factually and historically incorrect.

Justice Moudgil’s Bench was also told that although the video recording was supplied to the police and on record before the trial court, the same was totally ignored with a predetermined mind without examining the allegations and the script placed on record.