Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday sought response from the Maharashtra police while hearing a petition by a YouTuber-journalist who was allegedly assaulted in July this year and has since been receiving threats. The court noted that it has come across several incidents of harassment of journalists recently.

“This is happening. We have this understanding that they are doing it with the journalists. Whoever reports something against them, they try to harass,” a bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam Ankhad remarked.

Details of Assault and Petition

The court was hearing a petition filed by Sneha Barve who alleged that she was assaulted with an iron rod on July 4, 2025, while reporting on an alleged illegal construction in Pune.

She had sought police prote

See Full Page