SC directs no coercive action against Nupur

New Delhi, July 19: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said no coercive action including arrest should be taken against former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma in any of the First Information Reports (FIRs) registered over her remarks on the Prophet Mohammed. “As an interim measure, no coercive measure be taken against the accused petitioner in pursuant with the FIRs registered against her,” a two-judge Bench headed by Justice Surya Kant and comprising Justice J B Pardiwala noted. Nupur Sharma had on Monday in a fresh petition knocked the doors of the Supreme Court seeking a stay of her arrest in the FIRs registered against her across India. Nupur Sharma said that after apex court’s strong criticism of her, certain fringe elements had renewed threats to her life and also threatened her with rape. She pleaded that since the first FIR registered against her is in Delhi, all the other FIRs at other places should be clubbed with the Delhi FIR.

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