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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.

Locals looted us

Pune resident narrates his ordeal after stranded in Kashmir after the terror attack


Mumbai: What was meant to be a joyful vacation, suddenly turned into a harrowing ordeal for Pune tourists. Panic and uncertainty have gripped hundreds of tourists from Pune and other parts of Maharashtra following the terror attack in Pahalgam which had left them stranded in Jammu and Kashmir. One of the group experienced fear, extortion and uncertainty for forty long hours before safely returning home.


Vijay Parge, a Karve Nagar resident and president of Pune newspaper vendor’s association had gone to Kashmir with his family. He narrowly escaped last week's terror attack in Pahalgam. Parge recalled the horrifying experience since the attack happened just hours after he departed the strike spot.


“The Kashmir tour was a horrifying experience. We left Pahalgam in the morning, and a terror attack occurred there a few hours later. It was just by the grace of god that we escaped safely. But here the ordeal of forty hour started”, Parge told ‘The Perfect Voice’.


After the attack, Parge was one of the 22 tourists stranded in Kashmir. Due to security restrictions they were forced to change the travel plane which complicated the situation further. Parge and his family members and friends missed their scheduled flight to Mumbai and Pune.


“Our first three days were really exciting and we enjoyed Kashmir. However, the terrorist attack took place and we started facing a number of problems. Security officials change the route for safety reasons. Due to the landslide the highway was closed. At this particular juncture the extortion started. At midnight the driver demanded Rs 15,000. We were left with no option but to pay him,” he added.


“The hotel owners increased the price of snacks and refreshments. In addition to it they doubled the charges of lodging. At each and every stage additional money was demanded. Somehow, we started moving towards our home in Pune. The return journey which started on April 21, early morning concluded on late night of April 23 in Mumbai,” Parge pointed out.

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