2007 hate speech case against Yogi Adityanath: Allahabad HC reserves order; will UP CM be prosecuted?

The Allahabad High Court on Friday reserved its judgement in a hate speech case against Uttar Pradesh newly-inducted Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

Lucknow: The Allahabad High Court on Friday reserved its judgement in a hate speech case against Uttar Pradesh's newly-inducted Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

The fire-brand BJP leader was booked for making inflammatory speech after communal riots in 2007, according to News18.com.

The petitioners in the case have demanded a CBI probe against Yogi Adityanath.

The case goes back to January 27, 2007 when a confrontation between two communities in Gorakhpur resulted in the death of a Hindu man. 

Adityanath is believed to have delivered hate speeches calling for "revenge" for the dead man, according to the FIR, which was registered by the police only after the Allahabad High Court's intervention. 

The speeches were allegedly made despite a curfew and the ensuing violence lasted a fortnight, according to the FIR, the reports said.

It took several years before the request to prosecute landed with the Home Department, with arguments over the FIR oscillating between the Supreme Court and the Allahabad High Court.

CB-CID inspector Chandra Bhushan Upadhyaya, who investigated the case, was quoted by the Indian Express that he had completed the investigation and sought sanction to file a chargesheet under IPC 153-A in 2015. 

He retired the same year.