India, May 13 -- The Allahabad high court on Monday dismissed YouTuber Elvish Yadav's petition against the charge sheet filed against him for alleged misuse of snakes and snake venoms to make YouTube videos.

The allegations against him also include organising rave parties and calling foreigners who make people consume snake venom and other intoxicating drugs.

Justice Saurabh Srivastava dismissed his petition after orally observing that there are statements in the charge sheet and in the first information report (FIR) against Yadav and that veracity of such allegations will be tested during the trial.

The court also noted that Yadav had not challenged the FIR in the petition.

Yadav's counsel senior advocate Navin Sinha argued that the ...