Interim Protection Granted to Petitioner in Multi-State FIR Case Over Old Tweets.


23 June 2025 FIR >> Criminal Law   |   Writ Petition >> Criminal Law  

The Supreme Court of India in Wazahat Khan v/s Union of India & Others, heard the petitioner facing multiple First Information Reports (FIRs) and complaints across six states (Kolkata, Assam, Haryana, Delhi, Mumbai) related to old tweets. The petitioner, through senior counsel Mr. Dama Seshadri Naidu, is seeking several reliefs from the court, specifically pressing for prayers (b), (c), (d), and (e) of the writ petition, while explicitly withdrawing prayers (a) and (f).

The core of the petitioner's argument is that the FIRs are retaliatory, filed after a complaint against a social media influencer led to their arrest and subsequent release on bail. The earliest known FIRs against the petitioner are from Golfgreen PS (June 2, 2025) and Garden Reach PS (June 16, 2025). The petitioner's counsel states that the controversial tweets have since been deleted, and an apology video was also issued.


 

 

The petitioner is currently in judicial custody in connection with the Golfgreen PS case and was in police custody for ten days until July 1, 2025, in the Garden Reach PS case. Citing previous court orders on consolidating FIRs, the senior counsel requested interim protection from coercive action in other similar cases.

The court has issued notice, returnable on July 14, 2025, and has granted the petitioner liberty to serve the Standing Counsel for the concerned states and the Central Agency. Significantly, the court has granted an ad-interim measure, directing that no coercive action shall be taken against the petitioner until the next hearing in connection with the mentioned FIRs/complaints or any similar ones that may be registered.


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