SC closes petition of BJP’s Prashant Umrao as TN govt says only 1 FIR registered against him for his tweet on Bihar migrants

The Tamil Nadu government on Thursday informed the Supreme Court that only one FIR has been registered against Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Prashant Umrao for allegedly spreading “fake” news about attacks on Bihari workers in the southern state.
A bench of Justices BR Gavai and Pankaj Mishra was further informed that chargesheet will be filed with respect to the FIR.
The apex court then closed the petition filed by Umrao seeking the clubbing of the multiple complaints and FIRs filed against him over his social media post.
Earlier, the top court had suggested Umrao to tender unconditional apology for allegedly posting a “fake” video about the attack against Bihari migrant workers in Tamil Nadu.
It had said that Umrao should be more responsible before putting out such tweets.
Umrao had approached the top court for clubbing of the FIRs registered against him in different police stations over his tweet and an appeal against the condition imposed by the Madras High Court while granting him anticipatory bail.
Umrao, standing counsel of Goa, was booked for allegedly tweeting disinformation about migrant labourers from Bihar in Tamil Nadu.
The Tamil Nadu police booked Umrao for the tweet and FIRs were registered in various police stations in the state under Sections 153 (provocation with intent to cause riot), 153A (hate speech), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) and 505 (statements conducing to public mischief) of the Indian Penal Code