According to Singh, the first information report was registered under IPC 295 A and IT Act 66 C. Singh said the video was forwarded to him by someone else. Imposing the IT Act section can be understood as it was uploaded and disseminated through WhatsApp. Arif could have been charged under relevant sections of the IPC for using foul and hurtful language. But to equate that to hurting the religious sentiments of a community is especially puzzling, and the charge contains a harsher sentence. Especially when the police inspector himself is the complainant in the case. “Complainant hum hain, hum khud hi hain (I am, myself, the complainant in the case),” said Singh.