The High Court has announced its verdict on the anticipatory bail plea of dubbing artist Bhagyalakshmi and her two activists friends – Diya Sana and Sreelakhsmi Arackal- in the YouTuber assault case. The Kerala High Court has granted anticipatory bail for all the three. The court has granted the anticipatory bail in a case registered for assaulting controversial YouTuber Vijay P Nair in Thiruvananthapuram. Earlier, the Additional Sessions Court in Thiruvananthapuram had rejected the their bail pleas.
Kerala police had registered a case against dubbing artist Bhagyalakshmi, feminists Diya Sana and Sreelakhsmi Arackal for manhandling a YouTuber Vijay P Nair for posting a video insulting women.
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Bhagyalakshmi and friends had arrived at Vijay P Nair’s office in Thiruvananthapuram and poured black oil on him for allegedly uploading abusive videos . Nair had uploaded a video titled ‘Why do feminists in India, especially Kerala, not wear underwear’ and abused number of women, including veteran poet Sugathakumari . In the video, he allegedly made ‘defamatory’ comments about several women including Bhagyalakshmi and activists Trupti Desai, Bindu Ammini and Rehana Fathima.
The Kerala police have registered a case under the IPC sections 323 (for voluntarily causing hurt), 294(b) ( for singing, reciting or uttering any obscene song, ballad or words, in or near any public place), 506 (for criminal intimidation), 392 (for robbery), 452 (house-trespass after preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint) and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) against Bhagyalakshmi, Diya Sana and Sreelakhsmi Arackal .
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