In Brief
Mahendra Singh Dhoni filed a transfer petition seeking to move criminal proceedings from Anantpur, Andhra Pradesh to Bangalore, Karnataka. The complaint alleged that a magazine carried his photograph with a caption "God of Big Deals" that supposedly insulted religious sentiments, charging him under Section 295A IPC. The Supreme Court quashed the complaint against both Dhoni and the co-accused magazine editor, holding that the allegations failed to satisfy the essential ingredients of Section 295A, which requires deliberate and malicious intent to outrage religious feelings. The Court cautioned magistrates to carefully scrutinize complaints before issuing summons to ensure allegations meet statutory requirements and jurisdictional criteria.
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