The case was registered in 2023, following the Goshamahal MLA's Ram Navami Shoba Yatra, in which, a photo of Nathuram Godse was allegedly displayed. Apart from the poster, he also gave a call of Akhand Bharat (unified India).
Published Aug 14, 2025 | 12:05 AM ⚊ Updated Aug 14, 2025 | 12:05 AM
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Synopsis: On 13 August, the Special Court in Hyderabad acquitted BJP MLA T Raja Singh in a 2023 case over Nathuram Godse’s poster being allegedly displayed during the Ram Navami Shobha Yatra. Charged under IPC Sections 296 and 504, he was found not guilty.
The Special Court for Trial of MP/MLA Cases at Hyderabad on Wednesday, 13 August, acquitted MLA T Raja Singh and another accused in a 2023 case registered by Sainathgunj Police, which alleged that they had displayed a Nathuram Godse poster during the Shri Ram Navami Shobha Yatra.
The order read: “The accused was found not guilty of the offences punishable under Sections 296 and 504 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Accordingly, the accused is acquitted under Section 248(1) of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC). The bail bonds of the accused stand cancelled, and the sureties shall be discharged after the lapse of the appeal period. Exhibits P11 and P12, which are the questioned and specimen DVDs respectively, shall be destroyed after the expiry of the appeal period. As there is no property involved in the case, no separate property order is passed.”
The case was registered in 2023, following the Goshamahal MLA’s Ram Navami Shoba Yatra, in which, a photo of Nathuram Godse was allegedly displayed. Apart from the poster, he also gave a call of Akhand Bharat (unified India).
And also celebrating Nathuram Godse in the rally. pic.twitter.com/lD5AlQ0U4Q
— Sumit Jha (@sumitjha__) March 30, 2023
“We have registered a case against BJP MLA Raja Singh for the display of Nathuram Godse’s picture in the rally and for speaking about Akhand Bharat during his speech. He spoke about them in the Begum Bazar Chatri area (a neighbourhood in Shah Inayat Gunj),” the police told South First in March 2023.
Following which, Raja Singh defended himself, about the Godse portrait, in a video released by him on social media. “Hundreds Ram Bhakt came. I don’t know who thinks what.”
He asked, “Did I name any religion or a person during the Rama Navami Shobha Yatra organised a few days ago?”
(Edited by Sumavarsha, with inputs from Sumit Jha)
