YUSUF KHAN S/O BAHADUR KHAN vs STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANR.

3.1) As the prosecution case goes further, deceased Umesh Kolhe, was a Veterinary Medical Shop owner. The Appellant is a Veterinary Doctor and he used to visit the deceased’s shop to get medicines. Therefore, the two were acquainted with each other. Additionally, they both were members of a WhatsApp group, namely “Black Freedom” where many other veterinary chemists and medical representatives were members. On 14.06.2022, deceased posted one photo of the said ex-spokesperson alongwith certain text message from his mobile in support of her comment, in that WhatsApp group. The Appellant, who was the only Muslim member in that WhatsApp group, got offended by that post. The Appellant, therefore, decided to avenge the deceased and hence, he took a screenshot of that message of the deceased, typed his own instigating message, tagged it to the screenshot of the post by deceased and finally posted it in other WhatsApp group and to many individuals with the intent to expose the deceased, spread hatred against him and to avenge the deceased for his act 3/21 Manoj 4-APEAL-1144-2024 of posting that supporting message. But before taking such screenshot, the Appellant changed the second-last digi