Supreme Court quashes NSA detention of alleged Sambhal violence mastermind
Justices Dipankar Datta and Sheel Nagu set aside the National Security Act detention of Mulla Afroz, accused of masterminding the November 2024 violence after the court-ordered survey of Sambhal's Shahi Jama Masjid.
- Business Standard
Justices Dipankar Datta and Sheel Nagu set aside the National Security Act detention of Mulla Afroz, accused of masterminding the November 2024 violence after the court-ordered survey of Sambhal's Shahi Jama Masjid. The court held that a confession allegedly made in police custody cannot ground preventive detention.
Key data
₹10 lakh costs imposed on the UP government. Four people died in the 2024 violence.
Why it matters
The ruling limits use of the NSA in communal-violence cases, while the underlying Sambhal temple-mosque dispute remains live.
GK: did you know?
Article 22 of the Constitution sets out safeguards for preventive detention.
