Archive · 5 Aug 2026
Case against 15-year-old over Modi remarks withdrawn after apology
A 15-year-old girl named Ruchika Singh got into trouble for saying mean things about India's Prime Minister, Narendra Modi.
She said them while attending a protest in Delhi.
A lawyer named Smriti Singh filed a police complaint about it.
The police registered a case, which is a formal official record that something may be wrong.
Later, Ruchika and the other girls said sorry in videos they posted online.
Prime Minister Modi said he forgave them.
Because of that, the lawyer decided to drop the case.
Ruchika's mother thanked the Prime Minister and asked the government to think about limiting children's use of apps like Instagram and Facebook.
The family's lawyer said the police paperwork described Ruchika wrongly, saying she was 25 instead of 15.
In the end, the complaint was withdrawn and everyone moved on.
Supreme Court lawyer Smriti Singh withdrew her complaint against 15-year-old Ruchika Singh and seven other girls over abusive remarks allegedly made against PM Narendra Modi during a Delhi protest.
A zero FIR was registered on July 29 at Noida's Expressway police station and later sent to Delhi Police because the alleged incident took place in Delhi.
The complaint invoked Sections 352, 353(1), and 356(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, covering insults provoking breach of peace, statements causing public mischief, and defamation.
PM Modi publicly forgave the students, and the girls posted apology videos, prompting the complainant to withdraw the cases in line with her earlier promise.
The family's lawyer, Anil Kumar, alleged the complaint wrongly described the juvenile girl as a 25-year-old woman working in a salon, saying proper verification was not done.
- Who
- 15-year-old Ruchika Singh and seven other girls, complainant Supreme Court lawyer Smriti Singh, and PM Narendra Modi.
- What
- The complaint and legal cases against the girls over abusive remarks against PM Modi were withdrawn after they apologised and PM Modi forgave them.
- When
- The zero FIR was registered on July 29; the mother's public appeal to PM Modi was made on August 1; the complaint was withdrawn afterward.
- Where
- A zero FIR was filed in Noida; the alleged incident occurred during a Cockroach Janta Party protest at Jantar Mantar, Delhi, and the case was transferred to Delhi Police.
- Why
- The complainant withdrew the case because the girls apologised and PM Modi had forgiven them.
- Complainant
- Supreme Court lawyer Smriti Singh
- Accused
- 15-year-old Ruchika Singh and seven other girls
- FIR date
- July 29 (zero FIR)
- FIR location
- Expressway police station, Noida
- Case transferred to
- Delhi Police
- Legal sections invoked
- Sections 352, 353(1), 356(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
- Protest site
- Jantar Mantar, Delhi (Cockroach Janta Party protest)
- Protest demands
- Action over alleged paper leaks and education irregularities; resignation of then Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan