SC notice on plea by Sulli Deals app accused seeking clubbing of FIRs

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine a petition filed by Aumkareshwar Thakur accused of creating the Sulli Deals app on GitHub seeking clubbing of various FIRs registered against him across the countryA bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul issued notice to the Delhi Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra police and sought their affidavits within three weeksDuring the hearing Justice Kaul observed that each woman whose picture was uploaded on the auctioning site is an aggrieved party and can in such a situation multiple FIRs be clubbedThere are different offences one is Sulli deals and another is Bullibai Can different offences be clubbed You have uploaded photos of multiple women and each is an aggrieved party You are saying these should be clubbed because both websites are yours the bench saidCan you say whatever is uploaded on the website must be confined to one FIR the bench asked the counsel appearing for ThakurThe Advocate appearing for Thakur told the bench that his client is not named in any FIR and there are allegations against him that he helped in setting up the websiteThe petition sought clubbing of various FIRs across the country in connection with offences related to the app Sulli Deal of the day in which scores of Muslim women were put on saleThe petitioner is accused in three FIRs registered in New Delhi Noida and MumbaiThe app created a major uproar last year for allegedly targeting Muslim women and uploading their images without their consentThe plea said The relief sought in the present writ petition is in terms of the judgment passed by this court in TT Antony vs State of Kerala for quashing of all the same or similar FIRs except the first one and that a single investigation may be proceeded with In the alternative the petitioner prays for clubbing of all the subsequent FIRs with the first FIR registered at PS Special Cell DelhiPolice have claimed Thakur joined a group on Twitter by the name of Tradmahasabha in January 2020 using the handle gangescion and the members had discussed about trolling Muslim women He had developed the application on GithubDelhi Police in January arrested the Madhya Pradesh resident Aumkareshwar Thakur who is the alleged creator of the application Sulli Deals a GitHub app that targeted hundreds of Muslim womenAccording to Delhi Police Neeraj Bishnoi who was arrested in connection with the portal Bulli Bai disclosed Thakurs name and alleged he was behind the creation of the portal Sulli Deal of the day Thakur was apprehended from his residence in Indore on January 8 this yearThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever