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The Delhi High Court connected Thursday (November 20, 2025) stayed proceedings against Delhi BJP spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor successful the proceedings tribunal for allegedly sharing a transcript of the FIR connected societal media successful a minor’s intersexual battle case.
Justice Ravinder Dudeja said the proceedings tribunal proceedings against Mr. Kapoor beryllium kept successful abeyance till the adjacent day of proceeding earlier it, connected March 23, 2026.
The High Court issued the announcement connected Mr. Kapoor’s petition — challenging the proceedings court’s bid for framing charges against him successful the case.
The BJP person came nether scanner successful June 2021 for allegedly sharing connected societal media the FIR transcript successful the intersexual battle lawsuit lodged nether the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. He was booked for allegedly sharing details of the survivor, which is punishable nether the Act.
In June 2021, a 42-year-old pistillate was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting and threatening a insignificant miss here. On the aforesaid night, Mr. Kapoor allegedly posted connected societal media the FIR transcript arsenic good arsenic images of the accused.
Recently, the proceedings tribunal framed charges against him nether Section 23 of the POCSO Act, which bars disclosing details of a insignificant intersexual battle survivor. The offence is punishable with a maximum of 1 year's imprisonment.
In the High Court, Mr. Kapoor’s counsel contended that the screenshots containing the FIR transcript are not adjacent legible, and it was intolerable to ascertain the contents and sanction of the unfortunate successful it.
The counsel said nary idiosyncratic speechmaking the tweet could person known the details oregon contents of the screenshots oregon person cognition of the survivor’s identity.
