Allahabad HC asks why Mohammed Zubair posted on X about Narsinghanand instead of filing FIR
The court orally remarked that the social media posts showed that the 'AltNews' founder was trying to create unrest in society.
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The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday asked why Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair posted about hate speech by Hindutva supremacist Yati Narsinghanand on social media platform X, instead of filing a first information report or seeking , Live Law reported.
A bench of Justices Siddhartha Varma and Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra was hearing a petition filed by Zubair seeking protection from arrest in a case filed against him for a post about Narsinghanand. The court orally remarked that the social media posts showed that he was trying to create unrest.
“If this person [Yati Narsinhanand] is acting funny, then instead of going to the police, will you act more funny?” the court orally asked Zubair. “If you don’t like his speech, face, you should file a first information report against him.”
Zubair’s counsel argued that his client was only exercising his freedom of speech by posting about the speech. It was also submitted that there were several other news articles and social media posts about the matter.
The case was registered by the police on October 7 against Zubair for allegedly promoting enmity between religious groups with a post on the social media platform X about Narsinghanand.
Narsinghanand, who is the priest of the Dasna Devi temple in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad, reportedly made a derogatory comment...
