Mumbai, Maharashtra
A 22-year-old Nashik youth charged under Section 66A of the IT Act over his posts on Facebook approached the Bombay high court to quash the FIR registered against him.

Kiran Pakar had allegedly posted images showing the "killing of Hindus in Karachi" and the "special treatment given to a minority community in India". He had also posted images of Union ministers deriding them.

On Thursday, a division bench of Justices Abhay Oka and Sambhaji Shinde remarked that prima facie, there could be a case against Pakar. The judges asked his advocate to go through the images that were allegedly uploaded by him.

Pakar was charged under Section 66A for posting offensive images online and Section 153A of the IPC for promoting enmity between two communities. He was arrested by the Panchvati police in Nashik around two months ago and released on bail.

Pakar urged the court to quash the charges against him. Public prosecutor Revati Dhere and additional public prosecutor Mankunwar Deshmukh submitted the material that the police had seized, including images downloaded from the internet and then posted on Pakar's profile.

The court scheduled the matter for further hearing on December 12.