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The Sessions Court, Haridwar today granted bail to Yati Narsinghanand, the head priest of Dasna Devi temple (Uttar Pradesh) in a case registered against him for alleged derogatory remarks against Muslim women. The  lower Court had denied him bail on January 19 in this case.

Also, Narsinghanand was granted bail by the session court on February 7^th also in the Haridwar Dharam Sansad hate speech case. With this latest development, Narsinghanand, who is in judicial custody since January 16, is expected to be released.

The present order has come from the court of the Additional District and Sessions Judge, Bharat Bhushan Pandey, however, the order copy is yet to be uploaded on the court website. Advocate Narayan Har Gupta represented Narsinghanand before the court in this case. 

Matter in Brief

A case was registered against Narsinghanand under Sections 295A and 509 of Indian Penal Code alleging that in two of his videos, which were posted on Twitter and YouTube, he was seen making objectionable/derogatory remarks towards Muslim women.

Allegedly, Narsinghanand was seen as saying that the Muslims have captured everything, that they have joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), that they have captured the RSS and for the service of Islam, their women can act as mistresses of anyone and that they (women) are their greatest strength.

Following the registration of the FIR in this case, when Narsinghanand was presented before a court, it had come to the light that he was also named in Haridwar Dharm Sansad hate speech case. However, now in both cases, bail has been granted to him. 

Case Title: State of Uttarakhand v. Yati Narsinghanand