Relief for M F Husain, judge says charges 'baseless'
Published on Thu, May 08, 2008 at 14:59, Updated on Thu, May 08, 2008 at 16:07 in India section
Tags: M F Husain, Paintings , New Delhi

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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Thursday dismissed criminal proceedings against painter M F Husain, who lives in self-imposed exile in London and Dubai and was alleged to have hurt public sentiments through some of his paintings.
Giving relief to the 91-year-old painter, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul said the allegations were baseless.
"A painter has his own perspective of looking at things and it cannot be the basis of initiating criminal proceedings against him," Kaul said in his order.
Complaints against Husain filed at three different places were clubbed together on the direction of the Supreme Court in September last year.
Husain had approached the apex court pleading that he was getting on in years and it was physically not possible for him to go to Haridwar to attend court hearings.
The Supreme Court had earlier transferred two other similar cases, involving allegedly obscene paintings done by Husain of Bharat Mata and Hindu goddesses, to the Patiala House courts from Bhopal and Indore.
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These comments are being made to influence the election in Karnataka. We Muslims dont support these vulgar paintings of MF
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excellent buddy!!! we hindu must fight with these so called secular forces....
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We Indian Muslims condemn this paintings of M.F Hussain. In Islam paintings of any living thing is not allowed as
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Mr. Utkal,
Husband making love to his wife or vice versa is never wrong...but the same if done in public becomes
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Guys, Dont you know Congress(I) want to get votes from Muslim Vote Bank? IBNLive have at least written what the
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