Supreme Court quashes NSA detention of Sambhal violence accused, slaps ₹10 lakh costs on U.P. govt.
The ruling came on a petition filed by Mulla Afroz; the top court said that the power of detention had been “illegally exercised”
On September 29, 2026, the Supreme Court quashed a preventive detention order issued under the National Security Act (NSA) against Mulla Afroz, a man accused in connection with the Sambhal violence that occurred on November 24, 2024. The court found that the authorities had illegally exercised their power of detention and imposed a fine of ₹10 lakh on the Uttar Pradesh government.
The court also dismissed a confessional statement used by authorities as evidence against Afroz, stating that the power of detention was illegally exercised and the authorities had not considered relevant material before depriving him of his liberty.
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