The Punjab and Haryana High Court has imposed costs of Rupees Ten Lakhs each on Vishal Dadlani and Tehseen Poonawala for 'insulting' Jain Saint Tarun Sagar in Twitter, even though it found that the criminal cases registered against them are liable to be quashed.

The High Court has held that no offences under Sections 153A, 295A , 509 IPC And 66E of IT Act made out from the Compliant.

But Justice Arvind Singh Sangwan observed that the duo have not only insulted Jain Muni but have also hurt the sentiments of the followers of Jain religion. The court said that the costs are being imposed so that in future they may not mock at any head of a religious sect, just to gain publicity on social media like Twitter.

Vishal Dadlani, in his tweets had criticized Tarun Sagar's nude appearance as well as the action of the Haryana Government in calling a religious Guru in the Legislative Assembly. Tehseen Poonawala had put semi nude photograph of a lady by way of a Photoshop with the Jain saint and has raised a finger towards his character by comparing him with a slut. On the basis of complaint filed by one Puneet Arora, an FIR was registered against the duo alleged offences under Sections 295-A, 153-A and 509 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 66E of the Information Technology Act.

