Allahabad High Court on Wednesday (December 17, 2025) said that the slogan “gustakh-e-nabi ki ek saja, sar tan se juda, sar tan se juda (the only punishment for insult to prophet and that is beheading)” is a challenge to the authority of law as well as sovereignty and integrity of India.
Refusing bail to a person accused of reciting this slogan, Bench of justice Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal, added that the slogan incites the people for arm rebellion and is against the basic tenets of Islam.
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The matter pertains to a bail application filed by Mohd. Rihan, one of the accused arrested in connection with the Bareilly violence that broke in September 2025 after the row over the posters of ‘I love Mohammed’.
U.P. Police have accused Maulana Taukir Raza, president of political outfit Ittehad-e-Millat Council, as main accused for inciting the violence. As per the investigation, the accused had chanted slogans against the government and as well as slogan that calls for beheading of those insult the Prophet, before pelting stones on police and passers-by.
