Why do hate speech cases against Raja Singh keep collapsing?

The man you just heard is Raja Singh, the Goshamahal MLA and former BJP leader. But the speech cannot be played in full. It contained remarks about Prophet Muhammad. 

Those remarks sparked widespread protests across Hyderabad, led to Raja Singh's arrest, and were so controversial that even the BJP suspended him.

Now, nearly four years later, a Hyderabad court has acquitted him.

This is not an isolated case. Yet, this isn't the first time he has walked free. Till September 2022, Raja Singh had been booked in 101 criminal cases. Out of all those cases, he was convicted only once. We reported that in 2022. In this episode, we have new numbers.

Between December 2024 and the end of 2025, Raja Singh was acquitted in 22 more criminal cases. Most of these cases were based on speeches made in public, recorded on video, uploaded online, broadcast on television and watched by tens of thousands.

So how do these cases keep collapsing in court? Is it because Raja Singh has an exceptional legal defence? Or is the police repeatedly failing to build strong cases?

We have looked at more than 25 judgments. 

What we found is shocking and lays down the reasons why Raja Singh always manages to get acquitted. 

Let me explain.

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Produced by Megha Mukundan, script by Pooja Prasanna, edited by Nikhil Sekhar ET, and camerawork by Ajay R.