PRAYAGRAJ, Jan. 28 -- The Allahabad high court on Tuesday granted interim anticipatory bail to Mohd Alam, a youth whose father's plea had earlier led the chief judicial magistrate (CJM) court in Sambhal, on January 9, to order the registration of an FIR against certain police officers, including the then circle officer (CO) Anuj Chaudhary, for allegedly firing at him during the November 2024 violence.

Alam has been named in an FIR under sections 191(3) (rioting with a deadly weapon), 109(1) (attempt to murder), 121 (voluntarily causing hurt to deter a public servant) and 132 (assault on a public servant) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) at a Sambhal police station.

Justice Jitendra Kumar Sinha granted him interim anticipatory bail t...