Allahabad HC Refuses To Quash FIR But Stays Mohd Zubair's Arrest In Narsinghanand Case

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Last Updated:May 22, 2025, 16:24 IST

Zubair is facing an FIR filed by Ghaziabad Police successful October 2024 for allegedly promoting enmity betwixt spiritual groups.

Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair. (Image: @Mohammed Zubair/Twitter)

The Allahabad High Court connected Thursday stayed apprehension of Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair successful the FIR against him implicit alleged ‘X’ Post (formerly Twitter) connected Yati Narsinghanand’s ‘derogatory’ speech. The extortion would beryllium disposable to him during the probe.

A seat comprising Justice Siddhartha Varma and Justice Dr. Yogendra Kumar Srivastava declined to quash the FIR, citing the request for a just probe into the matter.

Zubair is facing an FIR filed by Ghaziabad Police successful October 2024 for allegedly promoting enmity betwixt spiritual groups. The ailment was lodged by an subordinate of clergyman Yati Narsinghanand. Zubair has approached the High Court to situation the FIR, which was aboriginal amended to see charges nether Section 152 BNS for endangering India’s sovereignty, unity, and integrity.

It is Zubair’s lawsuit that by posting a thread of videos connected October 3 featuring Yati Narsinghanand’s and aboriginal sharing different tweets with his assorted arguable speeches, Zubair aimed to item Narsinghanand’s ‘provocative’ statements and impulse the constabulary authorities to instrumentality strict enactment against him.

The complainant, Udita Tyagi, alleged that Mohammad Zubair incited unit by sharing aged video clips of Yati Narsinghanand, with the volition of provoking Muslims. She besides claimed that Zubair’s tweets led to convulsive protests astatine the Dasna Devi Mandir successful Ghaziabad.

During the hearing, the UP Government defended the FIR, arguing that Zubair’s posts connected X created a communicative aimed astatine inciting the public. The authorities questioned the timing of his posts, claiming they exacerbated the situation.

It was besides argued that his X posts contained half-baked accusation and they damaged and threatened India’s sovereignty and integrity.

Meanwhile, Zubair argued that his posts were made successful his capableness arsenic a fact-checker and didn’t represent immoderate offence nether the law. He claimed helium was exercising his state of code by highlighting Yati Narsinghanand’s conduct, which was besides reported by assorted quality articles and societal media accounts.

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Allahabad, India, India

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