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Calcutta High Court Refuses Interim Bail to Influencer Sharmistha Panoli

Police must submit the case diary by June 5 following the court’s ruling that Panoli’s remarks fell outside protected speech.

Social media influencer Sharmishta Panoli, who was arrested by the Kolkata Police for making alleged communal comments in a video, being produced at a court, in Kokata, Saturday.
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Overview

  • The court stayed all FIRs filed outside the Garden Reach police station and directed authorities to treat the Garden Reach case as primary.
  • Panoli’s legal team filed a petition over custody conditions, citing poor hygiene, denial of medical care for kidney stones and threats from other inmates.
  • The National Human Rights Commission issued a notice to West Bengal’s DGP to secure Panoli’s safety and report on the procedures followed during her arrest.
  • The Bar Council of India denounced the arrest as an assault on freedom of expression, while TMC leader Kunal Ghosh said hate speech must face legal action.
  • Kolkata Police defended the lawfulness of Panoli’s detention under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita after failed attempts to serve notices and an Alipore Court warrant.