PRAYAGRAJ, Sept. 9 -- The Allahabad high court rejected the bail application of Ittehad-e-Millat Council founder Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan in connection with the September 2025 Bareilly violence case.

The court held that the "Sar Tan Se Juda" slogan allegedly raised by the crowd during the violence could not be equated with religious slogans such as "Allahu Akbar", "Jo Bole So Nihaal", "Jai Shree Ram" or "Har Har Mahadev".

In an order passed on Monday (September 7), Justice Ashutosh Srivastava observed that while the latter slogans expressed respect for the concerned God or Guru, the "Sar Tan Se Juda" slogan amounted to a challenge to the authority of law and the sovereignty and integrity of India and incited people to armed rebellion, ...