Supreme Court also ordered that Mohammad Zubair will be released on bail if any other FIR is lodged against him for the same cause of action.
Supreme Court has granted interim bail to Mohammad Zubair, fact-checking website Alt News co-founder, in all the six FIRs registered against him in Uttar Pradesh for his alleged derogatory tweets.
The apex court also ordered that he will be released on bail if any other FIR is lodged against him for the same cause of action.
A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud, Surya Kant, and AS Bopanna said that Zubair will be enlarged on bail in all the FIRs lodged in UP after depositing a bail bond of Rs 20,000 with Chief Metropolitan Magistrate at Patiala House Court, New Delhi.
The top court also transferred all the FIRs lodged in Uttar Pradesh against Zubair for allegedly outraging religious sentiments to be investigated by the Delhi Police and clubbed them along with the existing FIR lodged by a special cell of Delhi Police.
The bench also disbanded a UP police Special Investigation Team formed by the state government to investigate the FIRs against Zubair.
Case against Zubair
A case was lodged against Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair on the basis of a complaint by a Twitter user. While tagging the Delhi police, the user had pointed out how Zubair was deliberately linking Honeymoon with Lord Hanuman from an old movie clip.
In his objectionable tweet, Zubair claimed that a hotel named ‘Honeymoon’ was changed to ‘Hanuman’ in 2014 to keep up with Indian values.
Arrested by Delhi Police
Mohammed Zubair was arrested on Monday (June 27) for infringing on the religious emotions of the Hindu community. He was charged under Sections 153 (inciting riot) and 295A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) (deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings).
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