Madurai: The Madras High Court today stayed further proceedings on an FIR registered against cartoonist Bala alias Balamurgan over a caricature depicting Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami allegedly in a distasteful manner over a family suicide related to usury.
Passing the interim order on a petition by Mr Bala seeking to quash the proceedings against him, Justice S S Sundar directed the state government to file its counter.
The freelance cartoonist was arrested on November 5 after a complaint was filed by Tirunelveli District Collector Sandeep Nanduri. He was released on bail by a court a day later.
Sandeep Nanduri and Tirunelveli city police Commissioner Kapil Kumar Sarathkar were also caricatured. The caricature was uploaded on Mr Bala's Facebook page on October 26.
The FIR was also against various Supreme Court rulings, he submitted.
While the woman and her two children died on the day of the incident on October 23, the man succumbed to injuries later.
Passing the interim order on a petition by Mr Bala seeking to quash the proceedings against him, Justice S S Sundar directed the state government to file its counter.
The freelance cartoonist was arrested on November 5 after a complaint was filed by Tirunelveli District Collector Sandeep Nanduri. He was released on bail by a court a day later.
Sandeep Nanduri and Tirunelveli city police Commissioner Kapil Kumar Sarathkar were also caricatured. The caricature was uploaded on Mr Bala's Facebook page on October 26.
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The FIR was also against various Supreme Court rulings, he submitted.
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While the woman and her two children died on the day of the incident on October 23, the man succumbed to injuries later.
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