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Quaid Najmi

4 January 2025 at 3:26:24 pm

YouTuber challenges FIR, LoC in HC

Mumbai : The Bombay High Court issued notice to the state government on a petition filed by UK-based medico and YouTuber, Dr. Sangram Patil, seeking to quash a Mumbai Police FIR and revoking a Look Out Circular in a criminal case lodged against him, on Thursday.   Justice Ashwin D. Bhobe, who heard the matter with preliminary submissions from both sides, sought a response from the state government and posted the matter for Feb. 4.   Maharashtra Advocate-General Milind Sathe informed the court...

YouTuber challenges FIR, LoC in HC

Mumbai : The Bombay High Court issued notice to the state government on a petition filed by UK-based medico and YouTuber, Dr. Sangram Patil, seeking to quash a Mumbai Police FIR and revoking a Look Out Circular in a criminal case lodged against him, on Thursday.   Justice Ashwin D. Bhobe, who heard the matter with preliminary submissions from both sides, sought a response from the state government and posted the matter for Feb. 4.   Maharashtra Advocate-General Milind Sathe informed the court that the state would file its reply within a week in the matter.   Indian-origin Dr. Patil, hailing from Jalgaon, is facing a criminal case here for posting allegedly objectionable content involving Bharatiya Janata Party leaders on social media.   After his posts on a FB page, ‘Shehar Vikas Aghadi’, a Mumbai BJP media cell functionary lodged a criminal complaint following which the NM Joshi Marg Police registered a FIR (Dec. 18, 2025) and subsequently issued a LoC against Dr. Patil, restricting his travels.   The complainant Nikhil Bhamre filed the complaint in December 2025, contending that Dr. Patil on Dec. 14 posted offensive content intended to spread ‘disinformation and falsehoods’ about the BJP and its leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi.   Among others, the police invoked BNSS Sec. 353(2) that attracts a 3-year jail term for publishing or circulating statements or rumours through electronic media with intent to promote enmity or hatred between communities.   Based on the FIR, Dr. Patil was detained and questioned for 15 hours when he arrived with his wife from London at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (Jan. 10), and again prevented from returning to Manchester, UK on Jan. 19 in view of the ongoing investigations.   On Wednesday (Jan. 21) Dr. Patil recorded his statement before the Mumbai Police and now he has moved the high court. Besides seeking quashing of the FIR and the LoC, he has sought removal of his name from the database imposing restrictions on his international travels.   Through his Senior Advocate Sudeep Pasbola, the medico has sought interim relief in the form of a stay on further probe by Crime Branch-III and coercive action, restraint on filing any charge-sheet during the pendency of the petition and permission to go back to the UK.   Pasbola submitted to the court that Dr. Patil had voluntarily travelled from the UK to India and was unaware of the FIR when he landed here. Sathe argued that Patil had appeared in connection with other posts and was not fully cooperating with the investigators.

BJP to celebrate 8 years of govt in Uttar Pradesh

  • PTI
  • Mar 23, 2025
  • 1 min read


Lucknow: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will celebrate eight years of Yogi Adityanath-led government in Uttar Pradesh with an array of district-level programmes from Monday, an official statement said.


Adityanath took oath as the chief minister of UP on March 19, 2017 and for the second time on March 25, 2022.


According to the statement, BJP will hold various programmes across the state from March 24 to April 14, highlighting the UP government's schemes dedicated to social and economic advancement of villages, welfare of farmers, women and youth and its zero tolerance policy on crime.


Various workshops will also be organised in every district during this period.


State convenor of the campaign and General Secretary Govind Narayan Shukla said that according to the action plan decided by state BJP president Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary and state General Secretary (Organisation) Dharampal Singh, the party will reach the public with the achievements of the Yogi-led government through various programmes with the message of "Uttar Pradesh ka Utkarsh-BJP government ke 8 varsh".


During this campaign, district-level beneficiary fairs and development seminars in each assembly will also be organised, highlighting the journey of the BJP-led government in Uttar Pradesh in the last eight years, he said.


At the village council level, the BJP Mahila Morcha will reach out to women and communicate.


On April 14, on the occasion of Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar jayanti, cleanliness programmes will also be organised. Along with this, the work done by the BJP government for social justice and social harmony will also be discussed, the statement said.

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