Brief Facts : Ms. Purohit is Amazon Prime Video’s India Head, which came out with the controversial TV series Tandav. The show was alleged to have depicted Hindu gods in a poor light, for which she was booked under offences relating to cyber terrorism and transmitting obscene content under the IT Act, and for promoting inter-group enmity and religious hatred under the IPC. Previously in Feb 2021, she had been denied anticipatory bail by the High Court on grounds that, similar to the Munawar Farooqui incident, the ‘liberal tradition’ of India was abused by such people to hurt the religious sentiments of the majority religious community. Later, the High Court had ordered the State government against taking any coercive action against Ms. Purohit. She had also obtained interim protection orders from the Supreme Court against another FIR registered against her over the same issue.
Summary : The HC extended interim protection from arrest to Ms. Purohit.
