Delhi police on Tuesday booked a criminal case against Punch Prabhakar for allegedly posting abusive postings in YouTube and other forms of social media.
A special branch of the Delhi police, after obtaining permission from the local court, booked a case against Punch Prabhakar under Sections 504 (Intentionally insulting and provoking others) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of Indian Penal Code.
Acting on a complaint lodged by rebel YSR Congress MP K Raghurama Krishnanm Raju, the Delhi police also served notices on YouTube for posting the abusive videos of Punch Prabhakar.
According to the complaint, Prabhakar had been posting abusive videos on YouTube against all those who were opposing YSR Congress party.
He has allegedly posted critical comments against Raghurama Krishnam Raju, vice-president Venkaiah Naidu, Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla and several other VIPs.
Sources said the Delhi police are also trying to bring Punch Prabhakar from the US on special warrant and get him arrested in the case. The investigation is going on.
In December 2020, the state high court served notices on nearly 90 persons who allegedly made objectionable comments and posted obscene comments on the judges and the court in social media, in the wake of a series of judgements delivered against the Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy government in the recent past.
Following the high court order, the AP Crime Investigation Department filed cases against seven of them.
The CID authorities submitted a detailed report on what action they had initiated against those who had made serious comments against judges and the court in the social media.
Punch Prabhakar was among those who were served notices by the high court.
The HC was flooded with a series of complaints from several quarters including practising advocates and general public, who took objection to the high court being abused for delivering judgements against the government.
