The Allahabad High Court in order has said that expressing dissatisfaction over the law and order of the State cannot be termed as a crime. Jungle Raj's remarks on the law and order of the state do not constitute any criminal case. It is called part of freedom of expression. A bench comprising Justices Pankaj Naqvi and Justice Vivek Agarwal in his order said that freedom of expression under Article 19 is an identity of democracy. The FIR has been cancelled by the High Court on the comments of Jungle Raj in social media at Bhoganipur police station in Kanpur Dehat district. The court has accepted the plea by registering a case on behalf of Yashwant Singh.
As per the information received, the Allahabad High Court said that the sections imposed against petitioner does not constitute any case of crime, so against which FIR has been cancelled. Petitioner tweeted that UP CM Yogi Adityanath has changed up to Jangalraj, where there is no law and order. In the court, it was said that commenting in state affairs is part of the constitutional rights of any person and mere differences cannot be a crime.
The police had registered a case under section 500 (defamation) and 66-D (offence of defrauding the person using computer resources) under the Information Technology (Amendment) Act on Yashwant. In the High Court, petitioner's lawyer challenged the FIR, stating that the right to comment on state affairs falls under the constitutional right envisaged under article 19 of the Constitution.
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