Journalist Amish Devgan moves Supreme Court to quash FIR lodged against him for insulting Sufi saint, calls it an "inadvertent error"

The petition, which will be head on June 26, states that Devgan had "no intention" to hurt any religious sentiment, and thus the FIR should be quashed.

Amish Devgan and Supreme Court

Debayan Roy

Journalist Amish Devgan has moved Supreme Court urging it to quash the First Information Report (FIR) registered against him for hurting religious sentiments by referring to Sufi saint Moinuddin Chisti in derogatory terms.

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