Nisha Khicher Delhi Police Vehicle Incident: Youth Congress Leader Allegedly Vandalises Police Car – Can Section 425 IPC Apply?

A video circulating widely on social media on 1 November 2026 has sparked discussion after it allegedly showed Nisha Khicher, Rajasthan State Vice President of the Indian Youth Congress, using a spray can on a Delhi Police vehicle.

The post that brought the matter into focus reads:

Meet Nisha Khicher, Rajasthan State Vice President of the Indian Youth Congress. She can allegedly be seen vandalising a Delhi Police vehicle with a spray can. @DelhiPolice, can she be booked under Section 425 of the IPC, which provides for up to two years of imprisonment? View the post on X (@MeghUpdates)

Related clips shared by multiple accounts claim additional Youth Congress functionaries were also seen writing slogans such as "Modi Must Go" and "Ban RSS" on police vehicles and walls in Delhi. Users have tagged Delhi Police seeking action.

Who is Nisha Khicher?

Nisha Khicher (also spelled Kheechad or Khichar in some reports) is a Youth Congress leader from Hanumangarh, Rajasthan. She was elected as Rajasthan State Vice President (Women Open category) of the Indian Youth Congress in the organisational elections held in 2026. She has been active in party programmes and protests in Rajasthan and Delhi.

What the circulating videos allegedly show

Footage shared on X and other platforms appears to capture a woman identified in the posts as Nisha Khicher holding a spray can and writing on the body of a Delhi Police vehicle. Separate clips reportedly show other Youth Congress office-bearers engaged in similar acts of defacing police vehicles and public walls with political slogans. The videos have been widely circulated with calls for police investigation.

At the time of writing, no official confirmation or statement from Delhi Police regarding registration of an FIR or identification of the individuals in these specific videos has been publicly detailed in major news reports.

Legal position: Section 425 of the Indian Penal Code

Section 425 of the Indian Penal Code defines the offence of mischief:

Whoever with intent to cause, or knowing that he is likely to cause, wrongful loss or damage to the public or to any person, causes the destruction of any property, or any such change in any property or in the situation thereof as destroys or diminishes its value or utility, or affects it injuriously, commits "mischief".

The key elements are intention or knowledge that the act is likely to cause wrongful loss or damage, and destruction of property or a change that reduces its value or utility or injures it. Spray-painting a police vehicle in a manner that defaces it and requires cleaning or repair can, in principle, fall under this definition, because it diminishes the appearance and utility of government property and causes wrongful loss to the public (the state).

Punishment: the definition is in Section 425. Under the old IPC, simple mischief was punishable under Section 426 with up to three months, or fine, or both; mischief causing damage of ₹50 or more under Section 427 with up to two years, or fine, or both.

The Indian Penal Code has been replaced by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, effective 1 July 2024. Mischief is now BNS Section 324: up to one year where the property damaged belongs to the Government, and more where the loss is ₹20,000 or above. Acts of defacing public property can also attract the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, 1984, and in Delhi the Delhi Prevention of Defacement of Property Act, 2007. Full explainer: Defacing public property: BNS Section 324 explained.

Whether a case is registered, and under which sections, depends on police investigation, verification of the video evidence, identification of the accused and the specific facts (extent of damage, location, intent). Political affiliation does not provide immunity from the law if an offence is established, and everyone is presumed innocent until a court decides.

Broader context of the videos

Multiple social media posts claim that Youth Congress workers have repeatedly defaced walls and police vehicles in Delhi over recent months with slogans and black paint. The current videos form part of that circulating footage. Delhi Police has, in the past, registered cases and made arrests in incidents involving damage to public property and graffiti.

What happens next

Delhi Police has been tagged in the posts. Any decision on inquiry, registration of an FIR or further action rests with the investigating agency after examining the material. Citizens and organisations can file formal complaints with supporting evidence through official channels. Defacing government vehicles or public property is an offence under Indian law regardless of the political message written on it.

This developing story will be updated as official statements or further verified information become available.

Sources

• Post by @MeghUpdates on X, 1 November 2026: x.com/MeghUpdates/status/2116940059148779537
• Circulating X posts and videos dated 1 November 2026
• Publicly available organisational details of the Indian Youth Congress Rajasthan unit
• Text of Section 425 IPC and BNS Section 324 (mischief)