The Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea seeking registration of an FIR against BJP leaders Kapil Mishra, Parvesh Verma and others over allegations of hate speech in connection with the 2019 Jamia violence and the 2020 Northeast Delhi riots.
The plea sought criminal action against the leaders for allegedly provocative statements linked to the violence.
The development comes months after a Delhi court, in March this year, refused to direct the registration of an FIR against Kapil Mishra in a separate complaint related to the 2020 Northeast Delhi riots.
Earlier Plea Against Kapil Mishra
In the earlier case, Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Ashwani Panwar dismissed an application seeking directions to the police to register an FIR against Kapil Mishra, then Station House Officer of Dayalpur police station, BJP MLA Mohan Singh Bisht and former BJP legislators Jagdish Pradhan and Satpal Sansad.
The complainant had sought police action over their alleged role in connection with the 2020 riots.
The court, however, did not reject the allegations outright. It directed that the application be treated as a private complaint and allowed the complainant to lead evidence under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS).
The matter was subsequently listed for examination of the complainant.
Delhi Police had opposed the request for an FIR, arguing that there had been an attempt to falsely implicate Kapil Mishra in connection with the riots.
Earlier Proceedings Involving Kapil Mishra
There has also been an earlier development in related litigation.
In November 2025, a sessions court set aside an April 2025 order directing further investigation against Kapil Mishra in connection with FIR No. 59/2020.
Special Judge Dig Vinay Singh, in an order dated November 10, 2025, held that the magistrate had exceeded his jurisdiction by invoking Section 175(3) of the BNSS in a matter that was already pending before a Special Court.
The sessions court described the magistrate’s approach as “flawed theory-building” and held that the order directing further investigation was “illegal, improper and unsustainable in law”.
The revisional court observed that once a final report had been filed and cognisance had been taken by the Special Court dealing with the larger conspiracy case, the magistrate could not invoke Section 175(3) of the BNSS, which corresponds to Section 156(3) of the CrPC.
The latest Delhi High Court order concerns the separate plea seeking an FIR against Mishra, Verma and others over alleged hate speeches linked to the Jamia violence and Northeast Delhi riots.
