New Delhi, Nov. 5 -- The Karnataka High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against certain Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members accused of raising the "Pakistan Zindabad" slogan during a protest, observing that it was highly unlikely that members of the party would have raised such a slogan, LiveLaw reported.

Justice V Srishananda accepted the petitioners' explanation that the slogan was allegedly a slip of the tongue, with "Pakistan Zindabad" being raised instead of "Pakistan Murdabad".

"At the outset, in a demonstration organized by the Bharathiya Janatha Party-a Political Party, It is highly unimaginable that the protesters therein would raise the slogan 'Pakistan Zindabad'. It is in that context that the argument of the petition...