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    Home / News / India News / Kerala activist's anticipatory bail plea rejected in semi-nude video case
    Kerala activist's anticipatory bail plea rejected in semi-nude video case
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    Kerala activist's anticipatory bail plea rejected in semi-nude video case

    By Shalini Ojha
    Aug 08, 2020
    12:53 am
    Kerala activist's anticipatory bail plea rejected in semi-nude video case

    Asserting that she was spreading obscenity, the Supreme Court on Friday dismissed an anticipatory bail plea of Kerala-based activist Rehana Fathima, in connection to a video which showed minor children painting on her semi-nude body. The activist, whose attempts to enter the Sabarimala Temple catapulted her into national headlines, approached the top court after Kerala High Court didn't entertain a similar request.

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    Minor children were made to paint on Rehana's body

    In a problematic video that surfaced on social media in June, Rehana was seen lying down as her two children, 14-year-old son and eight-year-old daughter, painted on her body. Sharing the video, the 33-year-old said women are not safe in a sexually frustrated society. She argued that a woman's body should be "shown," and conversations about sexuality must be initiated at home.

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    BJP leader complained against Rehana; Rights body supported action

    As the clip created a flutter, BJP leader AV Arun Prakash of Pathanamthitta district approached police and a non-bailable case was registered against her. State Commission for Protection of Child Rights Member K Nazir also said that Rehana must be booked under relevant sections of the POCSO Act and that the visuals must be taken down. Facing the legal tune, Rehana approached Kerala HC.

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    Was imparting sex education: Rehana in Kerala HC

    In her bail plea, Rehana said she was imparting sex education to her kids and wanted them to view a body as more than a sexual tool. Disagreeing with her arguments, Justice PV Kunhikrishnan said she is allowed to give sex education but "that should be within the four walls of her house and should not be forbidden by law."

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    At the outset, SC judge said he wasn't interested

    Thereafter, Rehana approached the Supreme Court and today, when the matter was presented by her lawyer senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Justice Arun Mishra commented, "What kind of case have you brought before us?" When Sankaranarayanan detailed the accusations, Justice Mishra said he was not interested. He asked how could Rehana use children. "What kind of a culture will the children perceive," he asked.

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    She is old enough to understand such issues: SC

    Sankaranarayanan said Rehana's stand has always been that when a man poses semi-nude he gets a free pass, but in women's case, it is called obscene. "She says the only way to go about this is to sensitize people about this," the counsel argued. On this, Justice Mishra said the activist was old enough to understand these things.

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    SC had a question for Rehana

    "Why do you do all this? You might be an activist (but) what kind of nonsense is this? It is obscenity you are spreading. It will leave a very bad taste in society," the bench said while rejecting her anticipatory bail plea.

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    Rehana's unsuccessful attempt to enter Sabarimala also invited ridicule

    Evidently, Rehana is not new to controversies. She had unsuccessfully tried to enter Sabarimala Tempe in 2018 after the top court lifted a ban, eventually allowing women between 10 and 50 years to enter the shrine of Lord Ayyappa. As her attempt created an uproar and she was accused of hurting religious sentiments, she was suspended from her BSNL job, She got terminated recently.

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