UP Police playing hide and seek: Supreme Court on failure to invoke key provisions in hate crime against Muslim cleric
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Summary
The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned the probe by Uttar Pradesh Police into an alleged hate crime against a Muslim cleric in Noida after noting that key penal provisions had not been added to the First Information Report (FIR) [Kazeem Ahmad Sherwani vs. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors.]. A Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta pulled up the State during the hearing and questioned the conduct of the investigating officer for not adding hate crime related provisions despite earlier o
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Type Research
Source Bar and Bench
Published Tuesday, 21 April 2026
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NDA III BJP-led NDA
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