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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.

Pant’s rescuer fights for life after suicide bid

  • PTI
  • Feb 13, 2025
  • 2 min read

Updated: Feb 14, 2025

Pant

Roorkee: The man who helped save the life of Indian cricketer Rishabh Pant following a car accident in 2022 is battling for his life at a hospital near here after consuming a pesticide along with his girlfriend in a suicide bid.


Rajat Kumar (25) and his 21-year-old girlfriend consumed pesticide three days ago when their families opposed their marriage citing caste issues. His girlfriend died but he is fighting for his life at a private hospital in Jhabrera, a doctor treating him told PTI.


According to the medic, Rajat's condition is improving. The cricketer may come to Jhabreda in a day or two to visit Rajat, the doctor said quoting the cricketer's PA.


Rajat and his friend Nishu were the first to see Pant's Mercedes car crash near Manglaur on the Delhi-Dehradun highway ahead of Roorkee in the early hours of December 30, 2022, and immediately rushed to his rescue without knowing who he was.


They pulled Pant out of the mangled car and rushed him to a hospital nearby. Their timely help was acknowledged by the cricketer in a post on social media later describing them as "heroes".


Pant had gifted Rajat and Nishu a scooty each as a token of gratitude to them.


Rajat Kumar and his girlfriend Manu Kashyap were brought to Pragya Hospital in Jhabreda near Roorkee in a critical condition.


Dr Dinesh Tripathi told PTI that Manu's condition was more critical when the duo were brought to the hospital and she was referred to another facility.


But the doctor got to know that Manu's family took her home instead and wanted to make arrangements for her there, the doctor said, adding she died the next day.


Rajat is still being treated at the Pragya Hospital and though his condition is improving, he is not in a position to talk, Dr Tripathi said.


In a video clip shot reportedly before her suicide, the girl can be heard saying that she had consumed poison as her family was not allowing them to get married.


Jhabreda police station in-charge Ankur Sharma said the matter came to his notice on Wednesday but no report has been filed yet since the incident occurred in Buchcha Basti village of Purkazi which comes under Muzaffarnagar district in Uttar Pradesh.


The Uttar Pradesh police is investigating the matter, he said.


Dr Tripathi said although the incident occurred in Uttar Pradesh, Rajat and his girlfriend were brought to Pragya Hospital in Jhabreda as it is well known in the region for its expertise in poison consumption cases.


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