Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra is going through an arrest warrant in West Bengal after a Krishnanagar court docket ordered her arrest on Wednesday for repeatedly failing to seem in an alleged hate speech case, regardless of a number of summonses.
The third judicial Justice of the Peace on the Krishnanagar court docket directed that the warrant be issued instantly and ordered that an execution report be submitted on August 28.
The court docket had requested Moitra on Tuesday to seem on Wednesday, however she didn’t flip up. Her lawyer instructed the court docket that the MP wouldn’t seem at any level, citing fears that she might be heckled exterior the court docket premises.
The court docket, nevertheless, took a robust view of her repeated absence and stated her conduct confirmed a “lackadaisical strategy” in the direction of complying with its orders.
“The sequence of disobedience of the order of this court docket …. goes to indicate the lackadaisical strategy of the accused to adjust to the court docket order and accordingly this court docket is left with no different possibility however to subject a warrant of arrest in opposition to her,” the decide stated within the order.
The decide additionally recorded that Moitra’s lawyer had stated she wouldn’t seem earlier than the court docket and noticed that she had “No respect for the court docket of regulation”.
WHAT IS THE CASE AGAINST MAHUA MOITRA?
The criticism in opposition to Moitra pertains to a video message she launched after an incident through which ladies gathered exterior the court docket carrying eggs once they heard that the Krishnanagar Trinamool Congress MP was anticipated to seem.
Within the video, Moitra suggested the ladies to put on veils and organise numerous programmes. The video later circulated on social media.
The complainant alleged that Moitra’s remarks harm spiritual sentiments and amounted to religiously provocative feedback that insulted each religions.
The case was filed within the Krishnanagar court docket on June 17, 2026.
In response to a senior official of the Krishnanagar police district, the criticism was registered beneath sections 79, 196, 299, 351 and 353(2).
These provisions relate to allegedly insulting the modesty of a lady, selling enmity between teams, outraging spiritual emotions, felony intimidation and hate speech.
COURT HAD GIVEN MOITRA MULTIPLE CHANCES
The court docket had repeatedly directed Moitra to seem in reference to the criticism. She didn’t adjust to the summonses, prompting the Justice of the Peace to subject the arrest warrant.
She was given time till 5 pm on Wednesday to seem earlier than the court docket. Nevertheless, she didn’t flip up, following which the court docket proceeded with the warrant.
The court docket has now sought an execution report on the arrest warrant by August 28, placing the case on a contemporary footing because the proceedings in opposition to the Trinamool MP proceed.
LAWYER CITES FEAR OF HECKLING
Moitra’s lawyer instructed the court docket that the MP was apprehensive about showing due to the opportunity of being heckled exterior the court docket premises.
The court docket nonetheless rejected the repeated absence as a purpose to defer the proceedings additional, pointing to the variety of summonses already issued to the MP.
With the arrest warrant now in place, the following key improvement within the case would be the execution report that the Krishnanagar court docket has requested the police to submit on August 28.
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With PTI inputs
