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{{Infobox event
|date=9 February 2021
|Location=[[Ratlam]], [[Madhya Pradesh]]
|arrests=1
|child=
|litigation=At the [[Madhya Pradesh High Court]]
|type=Arrest|charges=Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property<br>Forgery of valuable security<br>Forgery for purpose of cheating}}

On 9 February 2021, Indian [[advocate]] Vijay Singh Yadav was arrested for sending a [[birthday]] wish to a [[judge]].<ref name=mp1>{{Cite web|date=2 March 2021|title=Madhya Pradesh: Lawyer jailed for sending birthday wishes to judge, HC to hear bail plea tomorrow|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/cities/indore/story/madhya-pradesh-high-court-lawyer-judge-bail-plea-1774901-2021-03-02|access-date=2021-06-20|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last=Upadhyay|first=Sparsh|date=2021-03-29|title=MP High Court Directs 'Mental Check-Up' Of Advocate Who Allegedly Sent Objectionable Birthday Messages To Lady Judge|url=https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/mp-high-court-directs-mental-check-up-advocate-objectionable-birthday-message-to-lady-judge-171875|access-date=2021-06-21|website=www.livelaw.in|language=en}}</ref> He spent four months in [[Prison|jail]] before his release was granted on 15 June.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2021-06-19|title=MP lawyer, jailed for sending 'indecent' birthday message to judge, gets bail|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/bhopal-news/mp-lawyer-jailed-for-sending-indecent-birthday-message-to-judge-gets-bail-101624087195282.html|access-date=2021-06-20|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Indore: Lawyer in jail for sending indecent birthday message to woman judge gets bail|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/indore/indore-lawyer-in-jail-for-sending-indecent-birthday-message-to-woman-judge-gets-bail|access-date=2021-06-21|website=Free Press Journal|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-06-20|title=Indore News: महिला जज को मैसेज भेजने वाले वकील को मिली जमानत|url=https://www.naidunia.com/madhya-pradesh/indore-the-lawyer-who-sent-the-message-to-the-female-judge-got-bail-6943317|access-date=2021-06-21|website=Nai Dunia|language=hi}}</ref>

== People involved ==

=== Vijay Singh Yadav ===
Vijay Singh Yadav is a lawyer who practiced in the [[Ratlam]] [[District court]] in [[Madhya Pradesh]],<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=2021-03-01|title=Lawyer arrested after lady judge files complaint|url=https://deccanexpress.co/crime/lawyer-arrested-after-lady-judge-files-complaint-20244/|access-date=2021-06-21|website=deccanexpress.co|language=en-US}}</ref> who sent the greeting of issue in this case. He has four children.<ref name=":0" /> The 37-year-old lawyer allegedly downloaded a photo of Judicial [[Magistrate]] First Class Mithali Pathak<ref name=mp1/><ref>{{Cite web|last=Kakvi|first=Kashif|date=2021-03-02|title=Ratlam: MP Advocate Arrested for Sending Birthday Wishes to Judge|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/india/ratlam-mp-advocate-arrested-for-sending-birthday-wishes-to-judge|access-date=2021-06-21|website=TheQuint|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=MP News: महिला जज को बर्थडे विश भेजने वाले वकील को मिली जमानत, हाईकोर्ट ने दी ये चेतावनी|url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/state/madhya-pradesh/indore/mp-news-advocate-accused-of-birthday-wish-to-lady-judge-gets-bail-from-mp-high-court/articleshow/83659305.cms|access-date=2021-06-21|website=Navbharat Times|language=hi}}</ref> from her [[Facebook]] account and used it to make a [[greeting card]] which he then sent to her on her official [[email address]] on 29 January. The greeting was sent via [[email]] and on the next day by [[SpeedPost|speed-post]].{{fact|date=November 2022}}

Vijay says the image was downloaded from [[Google Search|Google.]]<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-05|title=Lawyer Sent To Jail For Downloading Female Judge's Photo From Facebook & Sending Her Birthday Greeting|url=https://mensdayout.com/mp-advocate-arrested-for-downloading-female-judges-photograph-from-facebook-and-sending-her-greetings/|access-date=2021-06-21|website=Mens Day Out|language=en-US}}</ref> According to Yadav's brother Jay, a day after the [[birthday card]], Yadav had submitted a 'private complaint' to the Chief Judicial Magistrate against the judge, which Yadav's bail plea says led to the false allegation<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-30|title=Mental check-up needed of lawyer jailed for sending 'indecent message' to judge: Madhya Pradesh HC|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/mental-check-up-needed-of-lawyer-jailed-for-sending-indecent-message-to-judge-madhya-pradesh-hc-7250774/|access-date=2021-06-21|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-02|title=Ratlam lawyer in jail for using FB profile image of woman magistrate in b'day greeting without permission, indecent message|url=https://www.indialegallive.com/top-news-of-the-day/news/ratlam-lawyer-arrest-woman-magistrate-bday-greeting-indecent-message-yadav/|access-date=2021-06-21|website=India Legal|language=en-US}}</ref>

== Arrest ==

=== Events preceding the arrest ===
On 28 January 2021, Vijay allegedly send a birthday greeting to the Judicial Magistrate First Class that included a photo that was allegedly downloaded from her facebook account and attached. The same was sent via a [[SpeedPost|speed-post]] later.<ref name=mp1/><ref name=":0" /> Following this, she reported to the Station Road Police Station in Ratlam.<ref name=":2" />

Subsequently, a [[first information report]] was lodged on charges of, ''inter alia,'' sections 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property), 467 (Forgery of valuable security), and 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating) of the [[Indian Penal Code]], as well as various provisions of the [[Information Technology Act, 2000]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Kumar|first=Niraj|date=2021-06-19|title=जज साहिबा को जन्मदिन की 'बधाई' भेजने वाले वकील को राहत, हाईकोर्ट से जमानत मिली|url=https://www.indiatv.in/madhya-pradesh/lawyer-jailed-birthday-wishes-to-women-judge-gets-bail-highcourt-797069|access-date=2021-06-21|website=India TV Hindi|language=hi}}</ref>

=== Arrest and bail requests ===
Yadav was arrested at his home by [[Ratlam]] Police on the aforementioned charges on 9 February. Four days after the arrest, his family members approached a lower court for bail, which was rejected.<ref name=mp1/><ref>{{Cite web|title=The state of Madhya Pradesh has granted bail to a lawyer who was imprisoned for sending birthday greetings to a judge|url=https://lawsisto.com/legalnewsread/MTA1MjI=/The-state-of-Madhya-Pradesh-has-granted-bail-to-a-lawyer-who-was-imprisoned-for-sending-birthday-greetings-to-a-judge|access-date=2021-06-20|website=lawsisto.com}}</ref> They subsequently appealed to the High Court, which was rejected on 27 April. In his bail plea on 13 February, Yadav claimed that he had sent the birthday greeting to her official email ID, as a social worker and president of ''Jai Kul Devi Sewa Samiti Ratlam'', a social ground, and not as an individual.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-05|title=Lawyer Sent To Jail For Downloading Female Judge's Photo From Facebook & Sending Her Birthday Greeting|url=https://mensdayout.com/mp-advocate-arrested-for-downloading-female-judges-photograph-from-facebook-and-sending-her-greetings/|access-date=2021-06-21|website=Mens Day Out|language=en-US}}</ref> The high court ordered a medical examination of Yadav to check his mental health, and said his actions caused great [[embarrassment]] to the judge.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=MP Lawyer, in Jail for Sending Indecent Message to Woman Judge, Gets Bail|url=https://thewire.in/law/mp-lawyer-in-jail-for-sending-indecent-message-to-woman-judge-gets-bail|access-date=2021-06-21|website=The Wire}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=19 June 2021|title=Madhya Pradesh: Advocate jailed for 4 months for birthday wishes to woman judge gets bail|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/indore/madhya-pradesh-advocate-jailed-for-4-months-for-birthday-wishes-to-woman-judge-gets-bail/articleshow/83661399.cms|access-date=2021-06-21|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>

The family then filed a second application for bail, which was finally granted.<ref name=":0"/><ref name=aua>{{Cite web|last=Ahmed|first=Areeb Uddin|title=Madhya Pradesh grants bail to lawyer who was jailed for sending birthday wishes to judge|url=https://www.barandbench.com/news/litigation/madhya-pradesh-grants-bail-to-lawyer-who-was-jailed-for-sending-birthday-wishes-to-judge|access-date=2021-06-20|website=Bar and Bench - Indian Legal news|date=18 June 2021 |language=en}}</ref> After spending more than four months in jail, Vijay was released on 15 June.<ref name=":0"/><ref name=aua/>

== References ==
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[[Category:2020 controversies]]
[[Category:Controversies in India]]
[[Category:Arrests of individual people|Singh]]

Arrest of Vijay Singh Yadav - Revision history

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