Lucknow, April 1 -- The Allahabad High Court has closed the contempt case against Bareilly District Magistrate and Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) for restricting Muslims from offering namaz at a private property in an Uttar Pradesh village.

The contempt of court case was initiated because Bareilly authorities were accused of failing to comply with the High Court ruling allowing the prayers.

The case pertains to the authorities in Mohammad Ganj village issuing a challan against the property owner for holding prayers. Simultaneously, a group of 12 Muslim men was arrested for offering Friday prayers inside the empty house on January 18.

Following this, a division bench of Justices Atul Sreedharan and Siddharth Nandan...