Remark against Uddhav Thackeray: Maharashtra court discharges Narayan Rane

A magistrate court in Maharashtras Raigad district has discharged Union minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Narayan Rane in a case pertaining to his controversial remark made in 2021 against the then chief minister Uddhav ThackerayAn FIR was registered against Rane in 2021 at Mahad in Raigad under Indian Penal Code Sections 189 threat of injury to public servant 504 intentional insult to provoke breach of public peace and 505 statements conducive to public mischiefRane was arrested from the coastal Ratnagiri district for his remark that he would have slapped Thackeray over the latters ignorance of the year of Indias independenceHe was later granted bail by a courtAlso Read Maha govt announces Veerbhoomi Parikrama between May 2128 to honour late Hindutva ideologue VD SavarkarChief Judicial Magistrate RaigadAlibaug S W Ugale on Saturday discharged the BJP leader in the caseRane allegedly made a statement on the then chief ministers conduct He didnt make any statement which was promoting enmity between different groups on the ground of religion race place of birth residence language caste or community or any other ground whatsoever his lawyer Satish Maneshinde had submitted during the hearing of the discharge applicationFurthermore the alleged statement was not likely to cause any disharmony or feelings of enmity hatred or illwill between religious racial language or regional groups or castes or communities the advocate had arguedThe case was politically motivated and hence bad in law Maneshinde had saidRane faces four FIRs across Maharashtra over his controversial remarkThe Union minister had said It is shameful that the chief minister Uddhav Thackeray does not know the year of independence He leaned back to enquire about the count of years of independence during his speech Had I been there I would have given him a tight slapHe had claimed Thackeray forgot the year of independence during his August 15 address to the people of the stateRane had defended his remarks against Thackeray saying he did not commit any crime by making the commentsThackeray had served as the chief minister of Maharashtra from November 2019 to June 2022This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever