The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted protection from arrest to journalist Abhishek Upadhyay, who was among the first to report about the alleged theft of donations at the Ram temple in Ayodhya, in a case filed against him by the Uttar Pradesh Police, reported Bar and Bench.On August 18, a first information report was registered against Upadhyay in connection with an alleged road rage incident in Ghaziabad. The journalist has claimed that the case, which invokes provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Prevention of Atrocities Act, was filed to harass him for his reports on alleged corruption in Uttar Pradesh.Upadhyay moved the Supreme Court challenging the case against him and demanding that a copy of the FIR be supplied to him.His lawyer, Pradeep Rai, told the court on Tuesday that Upadhyay’s “unpardonable sin” was that he had reported on the alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram temple, Live Law reported. He said that his client had reported about corruption in other cases as well.Rai demanded that an independent agency should investigate the case against Upadhyay.The advocate claimed that the allegation of road rage was baseless and that closed-circuit television footage from the site would prove this, Live Law reported. He demanded that the footage from the area be preserved.Chief Justice Surya Kant verbally remarked that while the court did not know the truth of the matter, it could understand Upadhyay’s apprehension. The chief justice told the journalist to approach the High Court to seek that the case be quashed, and granted him interim protection, the legal news outlet reported.The Supreme Court also directed the police to supply Upadhyay with a copy of the first information report. The case will be heard further on September 7.Upadhyay described the order as a “big victory from the Supreme Court” and asserted that his work would continue. “The pen will neither bend nor stop,” he asserted on social media.सुप्रीम कोर्ट से बड़ी जीत।गिरफ़्तारी पर लगाई रोक।प्रोटेक्शन दिया।ग़ाज़ियाबाद पुलिस कमिश्नर को FIR कॉपी देने और compliance report दाखिल करने को कहा।बाकी की होने वाली एफआईआर पर भी रोक लगाई।अगली तारीख़ 7 सितंबर।मेरी और से argue करने वाले Supreme Court Bar Association के… pic.twitter.com/26fJAFUzHh— abhishek upadhyay (@upadhyayabhii) August 25, 2026