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Bengaluru Court Summons Priyank Kharge and Mohammed Nalapad in Criminal Defamation Case

Registration under Section 356 of the 2023 penal code turns a private RSS complaint into a court case requiring both leaders to appear on July 21, signaling a sharper legal and political confrontation over the RSS's status.

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  • A Bengaluru magistrate took cognisance on June 27 and directed that a criminal defamation case be registered under Section 356 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, issuing summons to Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge and Congress leader Mohammed Haris Nalapad.
  • The court dropped proceedings against co-accused and Congress MLA Dinesh Gundu Rao at the cognisance stage, leaving Kharge and Nalapad as the two defendants facing the registered case.
  • The private complaint was filed by an RSS worker named Tejas A and cites a November 2025 letter by Kharge seeking curbs on RSS activities in government spaces plus reported remarks attributed to Nalapad.
  • Kharge said he will contest the case through legal channels, asserted that the Constitution is on his side, and used the moment to renew his demand that the RSS formally register as an organisation.
  • The summons require both men to appear on July 21; the registration is a procedural milestone that does not determine guilt and the next steps to watch are formal evidence filings and whether the matter proceeds to trial.