NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday cancelled the detention of an accused in the Sambhal violence case by the UP government under the stringent National Security Act (NSA). The Court also ruled that a confession statement cannot be the basis for detaining a person under the NSA.
A bench comprising Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Sheel Nagu held that the Uttar Pradesh government could not have passed orders for preventive detention based on a confession allegedly made by the accused in police custody.
It has imposed a cost of Rs 10 lakh on the government for passing the illegal detention order.
Mulla Afroz is accused of being the key conspirator behind the violence that erupted in November 2024 during the survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid in UP’s Sambhal. Shortly after being granted bail by the Allahabad High Court, he was re-arrested by the UP government in October 2025 under the NSA.
During the hearing, the Court had raised serious questions regarding the UP government’s actions.
Defending its action, the UP government argued that Afroz’s release posed a significant risk of renewed violence or a breakdown of public order in the area. It termed the preventive detention as necessary to maintain law and order.
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