YouTuber Ashish Chanchlani has filed a plea in the Supreme Court to quash or transfer an FIR registered against him in Guwahati for allegedly promoting obscenity on his online show. Chanchlani is named alongside podcaster Ranveer Allahbadia, the key accused due to controversial comments made during the show ‘India’s Got Latent’. His plea, scheduled for hearing, claims the FIR was filed later than a similar one registered in Mumbai. The Gauhati High Court granted him interim bail while directing him to appear before the investigators. Chanchlani’s defense argues he did not make any controversial remarks.
New Delhi:
YouTuber Ashish Chanchlani has approached the Supreme Court, seeking to quash or transfer to Mumbai an FIR filed in Guwahati related to allegations of promoting obscenity in an online show.
Chanchlani is among those named in the case registered in Assam, where podcaster Ranveer Allahbadia stands as the primary accused due to his contentious remarks on the YouTube show ‘India’s Got Latent.’
The petition is scheduled for a hearing before a top court bench comprising Justice Surya Kant and Justice N Kotiswar Singh on Friday.
In his petition, prepared by advocate Shubham Kulshreshtha and submitted by advocate Manju Jaitley, Chanchlani is seeking to quash the FIR lodged at the Cyber Police Station, Police Commissionerate, Guwahati Crime Branch, Assam.
“Quash the FIR bearing No. 03 of 2025 filed at Cyber PS Police Commissionerate, Guwahati Crime Branch, Assam as it was registered subsequently,” the petition states.
Alternatively, the YouTuber is requesting the transfer of the FIR from Cyber PS Police Commissionerate, Guwahati Crime Branch, Assam to the Mumbai Police Station Nodal Cyber, Mumbai, as FIR bearing No. 05 of 2025 was filed first at the Mumbai Police Station Nodal Cyber.
The Gauhati High Court granted interim bail to Chanchlani on Tuesday while reviewing his anticipatory bail petition and instructed him to appear before the investigating officer within 10 days.
Chanchlani’s legal representatives argued that their client did not make any statements during the show, and the allegations in the FIR pertained only to the co-accused individuals.
The FIR was filed by the Guwahati Police on a complaint from an individual on February 10, under various sections of the Bhartiya Nyay Sanhtia (BNS), Information Technology Act, Cinematograph Act, and the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act.
The Supreme Court provided interim protection from arrest to podcaster Allahbadia on February 18 for his remarks on a YouTube show, describing them as “vulgar” and stating that he possessed a “dirty mind,” which brought shame to society.
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