Madhya Pradesh HC Quashes FIR Against Muslim Teacher Over Urdu Poem Shared on WhatsApp
08 May 2026 | Maktoobmedia
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has quashed an FIR against a Muslim government school teacher for sharing an Urdu poem on WhatsApp, observing that posting a poem without commentary or intent to incite hatred does not constitute promoting enmity between groups, Live Law reported.
Justice B. P. Sharma held that the teacher’s act of sharing the Urdu poem “Be-haya,” written by poet Shoaib Kaini, could not be interpreted as public mischief or hate speech…