PRAYAGRAJ, March 12 -- The Allahabad high court has directed the district magistrate (DM) and senior superintendent of police (SSP) of Bareilly to appear before it on March 23 in a case alleging that authorities did not allow the petitioner to offer namaz inside his residence.

The order was passed by a division bench comprising Justice Atul Sreedharan and Justice Siddhartha Nandan while hearing a petition filed by Bareilly resident Tarik Khan.

Earlier on February 12, the court granted time to the counsel for the Uttar Pradesh government to seek instructions in the matter and issued notices to the DM and SSP, Bareilly under the Contempt of Courts Act for allegedly flouting the high court order dated January 27, 2026 in the case of Marana...