Supreme Court comes to Priya Varrier's rescue, stays criminal proceedings against her
| Feb 21, 2018, 16:13 IST
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court came to the rescue of 18-year-old actress Priya Varrier by putting a stay on the criminal proceedings against her. The actress who had become an internet sensation overnight owing to her cute expressions in a song from the film 'Oru Adaar Love' had put in a plea to the Supreme Court regarding the allegations made against her. The allegations accused her song of hurting the sentiments of the Muslim community. Besides staying the existing criminal proceedings, the bench also restrained all state governments from registering any further FIRs against the actress and the director with regard to the promotional video.
"It is submitted that a song, which .... has been cherished by more than one crore Muslim population of Kerala, cannot suddenly offend the religious sentiments of the Muslim community," the actress had earlier said in a statement. Her plea had further stated, "Such acts only result in curbing the freedom expression of people and have also resulted in dragging Varrier, who is a young college student, into a criminal case for merely acting in a movie." Stay tuned for more updates.
"It is submitted that a song, which .... has been cherished by more than one crore Muslim population of Kerala, cannot suddenly offend the religious sentiments of the Muslim community," the actress had earlier said in a statement. Her plea had further stated, "Such acts only result in curbing the freedom expression of people and have also resulted in dragging Varrier, who is a young college student, into a criminal case for merely acting in a movie." Stay tuned for more updates.