State: Uttar Pradesh
Year: 2025
Date: April 28, 2025
Source:
Lawfare – General, Others
An FIR was registered on Sunday against folk singer Neha Singh Rathore at a police station in Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow for sharing “objectionable” content on social media regarding the recent Pahalgam terrorist attack that killed 26 people.
Authorities said her posts, described as “provocative”, targeted a specific faith community following the Pahalgam tragedy and could potentially threaten the nation’s unity, according to PTI news agency.
Poet Abhay Pratap Singh, a resident of Gudamba, Kursi Road, lodged the complaint at Hazratganj police station.
“In this situation, singer and poetess Neha Singh Rathore, using her Twitter (now X) handle @nehafolksinger made some objectionable posts that can adversely affect the national integrity and made repeated efforts to incite one community against another based on religion,” the complainant, Abhay Pratap Singh, said.
Following the complaint, police booked Rathore under multiple sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), including charges related to promoting communal disharmony, disturbing public peace, and endangering India’s sovereignty, unity, and integrity. She has also been charged under provisions of the Information Technology Act, police added.
Updated On: May 6, 2025
UP Court Dismisses Complaint Against Singer Neha Singh Rathore Over Social Media Posts On Pahalgam Terror Attack
A Court in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya District on Tuesday dismissed a criminal complaint filed against Folk singer Neha Singh Rathore over her alleged ‘seditious’ posts on social media concerning the recent Pahalgam terror attack.
Addl. Civil Judge (Sr.Div.)/ACJM. Ayodhya, Ekta Singh said that the complaint is not maintainable and that the complainant has no locus to file the same.
The court was essentially dealing with the complaint moved under Section 210 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) by one Shivendra Singh, through Advocate Martand Pratap Singh, claiming that Rathore had ‘falsely’ linked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to the recent Pahalgam terror attack to incite public unrest and gain electoral advantage.
Updated On: May 7, 2025
Singer Neha Singh Rathore Moves Allahabad HC Against FIR Over Her Social Media Posts On Pahalgam Terror Attack
Folk singer Neha Singh Rathore has moved the Allahabad High Court challenging an FIR lodged against her under multiple charges, including “endangering the sovereignty, unity and integrity of India” over her ‘provocative’ social media posts on the Pahalgam Terror Attack.
In her plea, Rathore claimed that she was a law-abiding citizen, that the impugned FIR was based on vague and unsubstantiated allegations, and that the same had been filed with ulterior motives and political vendetta.
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Rathore has sought the quashing of the FIR lodged under Sections 196(1)(a), 196(1)(b), 197(1)(a), 197(1)(b), 197(1)(c), 197(1)(d), 353(1)(c), 353(2), 302, 152 of BNS, 2023 and 69a of the IT Act, 2008.
She has further prayed that she may not be arrested, humiliated or harassed on the basis of the impugned FIR.