Folk singer Neha Singh Rathore has got interim relief from the Supreme Court. At present, he will not be arrested in the case of controversial social media post made after Pahalgam terrorist attack. On Wednesday (January 7, 2026), the court has issued a notice to the UP government and the complainant in the case on Neha’s petition.
The bench of Justice JK Maheshwari and Justice Atul S Chandurkar, while giving order on the petition of Neha Singh Rathore, said that no punitive action will be taken. However, the court also made it clear that Neha will have to participate in the police interrogation on January 19. If he does not do this then it will be taken seriously.
Neha Singh Rathore had filed a petition in the Supreme Court against the decision of Allahabad High Court, in which anticipatory bail was refused to her. After the Pahalgam terrorist attack, Neha had made objectionable posts on social media against the Prime Minister, Home Minister and BJP. He is accused of creating unrest at a sensitive time and propagating anti-national things. A case has been registered regarding this in Hazratganj police station of Lucknow.
Earlier the High Court had refused to grant him anticipatory bail. Now he has got interim relief from the Supreme Court. Neha has approached the Supreme Court demanding a stay on the arrest and cancellation of the case. During the hearing, the Uttar Pradesh government claimed that Neha Singh Rathore was not cooperating with the Investigating Officer (IO) during interrogation. On this, Neha’s lawyer argued that she had appeared before the IO on January 3.
The prosecution claims that when the government was preparing to avenge the Pahalgam terror attack and strict restrictions were imposed in the country, Neha Singh Rathore made several consecutive posts, the purpose of which was to affect the integrity of the country and instigate people to commit crimes against each other on the basis of religion and caste.
The High Court had also rejected his petition and said that although Article 19 of the Constitution gives the right to freedom of speech, still appropriate restrictions can be imposed on it for the sake of public order, decency and morality. The court said that Neha made these posts at such a sensitive time when incidents like the Pahalgam terrorist attack took place.
(With inputs from Nipun Sehgal)
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