Offering Funeral Prayers Of A Killed Militant Cannot Be Construed To Be An Anti-National Activity
Case: UT Of J&K Vs Javid Ahmad Shah
Coram: Justices Ali Mohammd Magrey and MD Akram Chowdhary
Case No.: CrlA(D) No. 34/2022
Court Observation: “Offering of funeral prayers of a killed militant by the public at large, even at the instance of the respondents herein, who are stated to be elderly people of their village, cannot be construed to be anti-national activity of that magnitude so as to deprive them of their personal liberty as guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution of India,”
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