Ghaziabad viral video: The video of a bride and groom from Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, firing in air to celebrate their wedding has gone viral. The Ghaziabad police have launched a probe in this matter after the video received flack on social media.
In the video, the bride is seen standing on the stage with the groom. Both the groom and bride are seen to holding each other's hand and firing four shots from the gun together in the open air. The couple decked up in wedding dress shows no sign of fear while firing. Instead, people in the crowd are heard hooting and cheering the couple as they fire the pistol.
"We got to know about the video through social media and initiated an investigation. The wedding took place in the Kotwali area of the district last week," a senior police officer told TOI, further adding that the police will register a case and take action accordingly. It was further reported that no one got injured during the firing.
Celebrations like these are very common in northern India, especially in areas of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan. However, there have been many cases of causalities due to air firing during celebrations.
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What does the law say?
Shockingly the practice to discharge a gun in the open air as a mark of celebration despite reprimand from the Indian Judiciary.
In Kunwar Pal v/s State of Uttarakhand (2014) case, Supreme Court held that "Guns must be carried with a sense of responsibility and caution and are not meant to be used in places like marriage ceremonies." This remark was made while reducing the life term of a person to seven-year imprisonment after a discharge from his gun during a wedding celebration led to the death of an individual.
As per the Arms (Amendment) Act 2019 notified by the Government of India, “use of firearms in public gatherings, religious places, marriages or other functions to fire ammunition” is a punishable offence. It could lead to two-year imprisonment and a fine of rupees one lakh, or both.
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