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Big relief for Priya Prakash Varrier, SC stays criminal case against her and director Omar Lulu

Here comes a huge relief for Internet's latest obsession, Priya Prakash Verrier. On Wednesday, Supreme Court has issued a stay on all the pending cases against her and even refrained states for registering any FIRs.

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Here comes a huge relief for Internet's latest obsession, Priya Prakash Verrier. On Wednesday, Supreme Court has issued a stay on all the pending cases against her and even refrained states for registering any FIRs.

The Supreme Court today came to actress Priya Prakash Varrier's rescue by staying criminal proceedings initiated against her in various states on grounds that the video of a song from her film allegedly hurt religious sentiments of the Muslim community. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud also extended similar relief to director of the Malayalam movie "Oru Addar Love". Besides staying existing criminal proceedings, the bench restrained all state governments from registering any further FIR against the actress and the director with regard to the promotional video.

It also issued notice to the Telangana government and others on a petition from 18-year-old Varrier, who shot into the limelight after her 'wink video' went viral on internet. 

Varrier, a B.Com student from a college in Kerala's Thrissur district, sought protection from an FIR lodged on complaints alleging that the lyrics of the song 'Manikya Malaraya Poovi' from the movie was "offensive" and had "violated the religious sentiment of a particular community".

 Priya became an overnight sensation after a 29 second video clip from the song 'Manikya Malaraya Poovi' went viral around Valentine's Day this year. Her expressive face,  arching her eyebrows, winking and then blushing coyly at a boy who crushes on her in school earned overnight stardom and fame even before her debut Malayalam film released. Apparently, nation's latest crush has beaten Sunny Leone as the most searched celebrity on Google and has beaten Mark Zuckerberg​ with whopping 4.5 million followers on Instagram. 

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