SC Quashes Case Against MS Dhoni For Hindu God Magazine Cover

MS Dhoni ‘offended sentiments’ after being portrayed as Lord Vishnu on a magazine cover.

Indian Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni in the controversial cover of a magazine. (Photo: Business Today Cover)

• The Supreme Court on Monday quashed criminal proceedings against Indian T20 captain, MS Dhoni for allegedly ‘offending sentiments’ after being portrayed as Lord Vishnu on a magazine cover.
  
  In January 2016, Dhoni was issued a non-bailable warrant by the Anantpur Court. The warrant came three years after the cover was published.
  
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• The Supreme Court had stayed the criminal proceedings pending before an Andhra Pradesh court against Dhoni and issued a notice to complainant Yerraguntla Shyam Sundar, who had asked for invocation of penal charges against Dhoni for allegedly hurting religious sentiments.
  

(Source: DNA)

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