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- The Allahabad High Court dismissed a petition by Ramesh Upadhyay of Varanasi seeking an FIR against spiritual leader Rambhadracharya over alleged objectionable remarks about the Upadhyay community and Shankaracharyas.
- The petitioner said his complaint to the Varanasi Police Commissioner in October 2025 had not led to an FIR.
- The court held that a person aggrieved by non-registration of an FIR must first approach a magistrate under Section 175 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita instead of directly invoking the high court's Article 226 jurisdiction.
- The petitioner was granted liberty to pursue an appropriate remedy under law.
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- Whether the petitioner moves a magistrate under Section 175 BNSS as granted liberty
- Whether Varanasi police act on the October 2025 complaint to the Police Commissioner
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“This Court is of the considered view that if a person has a grievance that his FIR has not been registered by the police, or that having been registered, a proper investigation is not being done, then the remedy of the aggrieved person is not to approach the High Court under Article 226 of the Constitution, but to approach the Magistrate concerned under Section 175 BNSS,”
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…the petition contending that the petitioner had not approached the concerned police station and had directly approached the high court without first availing the remedy under Section 175 BNSS before the magistrate. " This Court is of the considered view that if a person has a grievance that his FIR has not been registered by the police, or that having been registered, a proper investigation is not being done, then the remedy of the aggrieved person is not to approach the High Court under Article 226 of the Constitution, but to approach the Magistrate concerned under Section 175 BNSS, " the court said. This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text.…
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