SOURCE ; NEW18
Last Updated:June 08, 2025, 23:51 IST
During the hearing, the petitioner’s counsel argued that his client Ajeet Yadav (24) put up the post after getting carried away by emotions.
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The Allahabad High Court rejected a plea to quash an FIR filed against a petitioner over an alleged Facebook post criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, made following the suspension of military operations between India and Pakistan on May 10.
During the hearing, the petitioner’s counsel argued that his client Ajeet Yadav (24) put up the post after getting carried away by emotions.
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Rejecting the submission, a division bench comprising Justices J J Munir and Anil Kumar said, “The post written by the petitioner against the prime minister carried scurrilous language against the head of the government.”
“Emotions cannot be permitted to overflow to an extent that constitutional authorities of the country are dragged into disrepute by the use of disrespectful words.”
The court dismissed the plea saying it was not a fit case to interfere with the FIR in the exercise of jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution.
Yadav has been booked for his Facebook post under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for reportedly using derogatory language targeting the prime minister for the halt in military action between India and Pakistan in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 people on April 22.
- Location :
Allahabad, India, India
- First Published:
June 08, 2025, 23:51 IST
