Karnataka HC tells Netflix to block episode of ‘Crime Stories: India Detective’

BENGALURU: The Karnataka High Court has directed the popular streaming network Netflix to block the first episode of Series 1 of the documentary, ‘Crime Stories: India Detective’, titled “A Murdered Mother”.

Issuing notices to Netflix Entertainment Services India and Minnow Films Ltd, Justice BM Shyam Prasad passed the interim order after hearing a petition filed by S Sridhar Rao, a resident of Subbannapalya here. The petitioner’s counsel submitted that Sridhar Rao is undergoing trial for multiple offences, which include those punishable under Sections 302 and 307, 212, and 201 read with Section 34 of the IPC. The episode, “A Murdered Mother”, contains visuals of interrogation of the petitioner and another.