Anticipatory bail plea of Rehana who let minor children paint over semi nude body rejected

The Supreme Court on Friday rejected Kerala activist Rehana Fathima’s plea for anticipatory bail in a case related to a video showing her children painting on her semi-nude body, Live Law reported.

Fathima was charged under the Protection Of Children from Sexual Offences or POCSO Act and Information Technology Act after a video emerged in June of her 14-year-old-son and eight-year-old daughter painting on her body.

The Supreme Court bench, comprising Justices Arun Mishra, BR Gavai and Krishna Murari, said the video of Fathima and her children was “clearly obscene” and pornographic. “Why do you do all this?” the bench asked Fathima, according to Bar and Bench. “You might be an activist but why do this? What kind of nonsense is this? It is obscenity clearly which you are spreading. It will leave the society in a very bad taste.”