The Supreme Court yesterday refused to quash a criminal case lodged against a man booked over his social media post on Babri Masjid, which said that "Babri Masjid will one day be rebuilt, just like Turkey's Sophia Mosque" .

A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi dismissed the case as withdrawn, after hearing Advocate Talha Abdul Rahman (for petitioner). The counsel argued that there was no vulgarity in the petitioner's post. The counsel submitted that it was another person who published a vulgar and inflammatory comment, but they were not investigated.

Unconvinced, Justice Kant said that the bench had gone through the petitioner's post. "Don't invite any comment from us" , cautioned the judge. The matter was disposed of with an observation that all contentions raise

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