Hate speech case: Kerala High Court grants bail to Congress leader PC George

Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Friday granted bail to former MLA and Congress leader PC George in a hate speech case registered in Thiruvananthapuram.

On Thursday, the senior politician was produced before a district court in Thiruvananthapuram which sent him to 14 days judicial custody over an alleged hate speech case.

George was arrested on Wednesday after a Magisterial court in Thiruvananthapuram cancelled the bail granted to the veteran politician in a case accusing him of making a hate speech against Muslims on 29 April.

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Earlier, in the same case, police had arrested George on 1 May for allegedly making a communal speech against Muslims while addressing the ‘Ananthapuri Hindu Maha Sammelanam’ on April 29. However, he was given bail on the same day itself.

The 70-year-old former MLA had sparked off a controversy by asking non-Muslims in Kerala to avoid eating at restaurants run by the community.

Subsequently, on 10 May, another case was registered against him at Palarivattom police station in Ernakulam on charges of hate speech related to another event here. He was arrested on 25 May for violating the bail conditions in the Thiruvananthapuram hate speech case.

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