MUMBAI: An advocate has lodged an FIR against the handler of a Facebook account and some of its members for allegedly posting a photograph of a Bombay high court judge. The accused had smeared the judge's face (in the photo) with black ink and wrote derogatory remarks against him for granting bail to Jignesh Shah, promoter of National Spot Exchange Limited. Shah is accused in a Rs 5,600 crore cheating case.
Advocate Naveen Choman, who was earlier city police commissioner's legal advisor, stated that the Facebook account has also misused the national emblem on the page, police said. The FIR was registered at BKC cyber police station. The accused had passed remarks against justice Abhay Thipsay, who granted bail to Shah on August 22.
Police said that the controversial account was created by aggrieved investors of the scam hit NSEL. Police have booked the accused under various sections of the Information Technologies Act and The State Emblem of India (Prohibition of Improper Use) Act, 2005.
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