Hate-speech case against a sitting MP over remarks in a social-media video: High Court extends protection from arrest to January
Hogalberia police in Nadia registered a case on 28 June 2026 after a BJP leader complained that a Trinamool Congress MP's remarks in a video, made after women protesters gathered with eggs to throw at her, hurt religious sentiments. The Calcutta High Court barred coercive action in July, and the MP was questioned on 14 August. On 1 October 2026 the court extended the protection to 29 January 2027; her petition to quash the case is pending.
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How we verify →Protection from coercive action extended to 29 January 2027; investigation continuing; quashing petition listed on 13 January 2027.
What happened
IANS reported on 17 June 2026 that a BJP leader complained at Hogalberia police station that the MP was repeatedly making remarks hurting religious sentiments. The report says BJP women leaders had stood outside the Krishnanagar court holding eggs and tomatoes to throw at her, and that a remark about religious attire in her second video in response went viral.
A Calcutta High Court order of 1 September 2026 identifies the case as Hogolberia Police Station Case No. 150 of 2026 dated 28 June 2026, and records that she was directed in WPA 15399 of 2026 to cooperate with the investigation.
On 1 October 2026 the State filed a report from the officer-in-charge of Hogalberia police station saying she had appeared and answered questions on 14 August 2026 and that the investigation was continuing. The court extended its interim order of 21 July 2026 to 29 January 2027 and listed the matter on 13 January 2027.
PTI reported that the petition seeks quashing of the proceedings on the ground that the allegations are concocted and motivated.
What the High Court ordered
“Interim order passed on 21st July, 2026 stands extended till 29th January, 2027 or until further order.”
WPA 15399 of 2026, order dated 1 October 2026, para 4 — read the full text
Prosecuted for words
The case concerns remarks in a video posted in response to a protest. No violence or threat is alleged to have followed from the words.
What we could not confirm
The content of the remark comes from news reports, not from a court record, and is not quoted here. The orders do not state the sections invoked. The MP is a public figure; consistent with this register, the record describes her by office.