In Brief
The actress, producer, and director of the film "Oru Adaar Love" challenged an FIR registered against them for depicting a traditional mappila folk song with a wink gesture, alleged to offend religious sentiments. The Court held that Section 295A of the IPC requires deliberate and malicious intention to outrage religious feelings; mere picturization of a folk song with a gesture does not constitute such an aggravated insult. Recognizing artistic license in creative works, the Court quashed the FIR and barred further prosecution, emphasizing that the calculated tendency to disturb public order was absent.
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