Allahabad High Court Extends Stay On Mohammed Zubair's Arrest Till February 17 In Yati Narsinghanand 'X' Post Case

A bench of Justice Siddhartha Varma and Justice Yogendra Kumar Srivastava extended the relief.

For the uninitiated, Zubair is facing an FIR lodged by the Ghaziabad Police in October 2024, accusing him of promoting enmity among religious groups following a complaint by an associate of controversial priest Yati Narsinghanand. Zubair has moved the HC, challenging the FIR. On December 20th, the HC, while orally observing that he is not a dreaded criminal, had stayed his arrest till January 6.

Pursuant to this, Dr Udita Tyagi, general secretary of the Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati Trust, lodged an FIR against Zubuiar claiming that he had posted old and edited clips of the priest on X (formerly Twitter), containing Narsinghanand's alleged incendiary remarks on Prophet Muhammad, to incite radical sentiments against the controversial priest.

However, it is the case of Zubair that he was exercising his freedom of speech by referring to the alleged controversial speech of Yati Narsinghanand and highlighting his conduct not just him but many new articles and social media accounts posted about the same issue, and Zubair had not said anything different.

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'Not A Dreaded Criminal': Allahabad HC Stays Arrest Of Mohd Zubair Till Jan 6 In Yati Narsinghanand 'X' Post Case