Published on : 08 Dec 2025, 3:35 pm 3 min read

The Supreme Court on Monday ordered forensic examination of a voice clip in which a Deputy Inspector General of Police from Uttar Pradesh, Sanjeev Tyagi, is heard using communal slur against Muslims [ Islamuddin Ansari vs. State of UP ].

A Bench of Justices Ahsanuddin Amanullah and K Vinod Chandran also quashed all criminal proceedings against a senior Muslim citizen who had been prosecuted for forwarding the audio clip to Tyagi and asking him whether the voice heard was indeed his.

The Court stated that the prosecution should never have been initiated and also noted that the State of Uttar Pradesh has itself sought to withdraw the case.

The Court said that the FIR and charge-sheet amount to “abuse of police authority and t

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