CWP-24906-2025 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 110 CWP-24906-2025 (O&M) Date of decision:- 05.02.2026 Mahender and others …Petitioners Versus State of Haryana and others …Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUVIR SEHGAL Present:- Ms. Ishani Goyal, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. Deepak Vashisth, Deputy Advocate General, Haryana. Mr. Arjun Sheoran, Advocate (through VC) and Mr. Tejasvi Sheokand, Advocate, for respondent No.7. … SUVIR SEHGAL, J. (Oral) CM-12243-CWP-2025 Leave, as prayed for, is granted. Application is allowed. CWP-24906-2025 1. This petition has been filed inter alia for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing respondents No.1 to 4 to take action on representation dated 20.07.2025, Annexure P-3, submitted by petitioner No.1, against respondent No.7, for disseminating or publishing defamatory content inciting imagined teachings of Sant Kabir. Petitioners have also requested for directing respondents No.1 to 4 to register an FIR under various provisions of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (for short “BNS”). PARDEEP NAUTIYAL 2026.02.06 17:09 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this order/judgment CWP-24906-2025 (O&M) -2- 2. Status report by way of affidavit of HPS Rahul Dev, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Gohana, District Sonipat, has been filed on behalf of respondents No.1 to 3, whereby it has been stated that no complaint has been submitted to the Police Station concerned. However, objectionable video link has been removed from online portal with help of Cyber Crime Cell, Sonipat. 3. State counsel has placed on record a copy of FIR bearing No.0415, dated 26.11.2025, lodged under Section 196(1), BNS, which has been registered on behalf of respondent No.7. Copy of FIR No.0415, dated 26.11.2025, has been supplied to counsel for the petitioners. 4. Counsel for respondent No.7 apprises the Court that another FIR bearing No.162, dated 08.06.2025, has been registered at Police Station Sector 6, Bahadurgarh. 5. In view of above development, no further direction is required to be passed in the present writ petition, which is disposed of. 6. Liberty is, however, granted to petitioners to avail any other remedy available to them for the removal of any other objectionable material, which is being circulated online. (SUVIR SEHGAL) JUDGE 05.02.2026 Pardeep Whether Speaking/Reasoned Yes/No Whether Reportable Yes/No PARDEEP NAUTIYAL 2026.02.06 17:09 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this order/judgment