Allahabad High Court stays criminal proceedings against man booked for FB post expressing anguish over wife's death during medical treatment

Single-judge Justice Dr. Yogendra Kumar Srivastava, said the matter needs consideration and issued notice to the State authorities.

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The Allahabad High Court has stayed criminal proceedings against a man who was booked for a Facebook post after he lost his wife during the course of medical treatment at a hospital (Ashok Kumar Gautam v. State of UP).

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Allahabad High Court stays criminal proceedings against man booked for FB post expressing anguish over wife's death during medical treatment

Areeb Uddin Ahmed

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