PRAYAGRAJ, May 15 -- The Allahabad high court granted interim protection from arrest to YouTuber Gautam Khattar, who is facing a UP Police FIR over his alleged derogatory remarks against 'Sri Karauli Shankar Mahadev Baba' (also known as 'Karauli Sarkar'). Hearing Khattar's plea, a bench of justices JJ Munir and Tarun Saxena granted 1 week to the state counsel to seek instructions and directed that the petitioner shall not be arrested until May 19, the next date of listing. Priyanka Dwivedi, a Kanpur resident, had lodged an FIR against Khattar, for acting as a self-styled founder of the 'Sanatan Mahasangh', and using his social media accounts to spread a provocative and hateful message. Khattar allegedly uploaded a video of the seer and made indecent remarks intended to tarnish his image and hurt the religious sentiments of his followers. The petitioner's counsel argued that all that the alleged speech says is that no one should pose as God. He contended that this is no more than an expression of opinion which does not constitute an offence under any law. It was further submitted that from a reading of the FIR, there is nothing said to demonstrate that Khattar had a deliberate and malicious intention of outraging the religious feelings of any class of citizens of India by words either spoken or written. On May 11, the court granted a week's time to the state government counsel to seek instructions and directed that the petitioner shall not be arrested in the case until May 19....