Allahabad High Court Grants Interim Protection From Arrest To Ex-UP Governor Dr. Aziz Quereshi In Sedition Case Over Alleged Remarks Against CM

Dr. Aziz Quereshi, former Governor of Uttar Pradesh including two other States, was today granted interim protection from arrest by Allahabad High Court in a sedition case registered against him over his alleged derogatory remarks against CM Yogi Adityanath led Uttar Pradesh Government.

A bench of Justice Pritinker Diwaker and Justice Mohd. Aslam granted him the protection till the next date of hearing while listing the case for October 6 on state counsel's request.

As per the media reports, last month he had made a controversial, alleged 'derogatory' remark against the Yogi government for committing excesses against Samajwadi party MP Azam Khan who is presently detained in Sitapur Jail.

Allegedly, he had compared the Adityanath government to a "blood-sucking demon", after he visited Khan's house in Rampur and met his wife Tazeen Fatma. Pursuant to this, Qureshi was booked following a complaint by a local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, Akash Kumar Saxena on September 5.

During the course of the hearing, the State counsel submitted that he be given three days' time to seek instructions and to summon the diary in the matter, to this, the counsel for the Dr. Auereshi didn't object, however, it was prayed that he be protected by an interim order till the next date of hearing.

It was contended that Dr. Quereshi is a former Governor of Uttar Pradesh including of two other States, has had held various important assignments, and is one of the most prominent figures of the country. 

Qureshi is also a senior Congress leader who has in past served as the governor of Mizoram and also the state of Uttar Pradesh in June 2014.

Case title - Dr.Aziz Qureshi v. State Of U.P. And 3 Others

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