Mohammed Zubair was arrested by the Delhi Police on June 27 for allegedly hurting religious sentiments through one of his tweets and was sent to one-day police custody by the trial court on the same day.
A Delhi court on Friday granted bail to Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair in a case related to a tweet he had tweeted in 2018 against a Hindu deity. He will, however, remain in custody pending relief in other cases against him.
Mohammed Zubair was arrested by the Delhi Police on June 27 for allegedly hurting religious sentiments through one of his tweets and was sent to one-day police custody by the trial court on the same day.
Mr. Zubair was initially charged under sections 153 (wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot) and 295A (deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
Later, Delhi Police invoked sections 201 (causing disappearance of evidence), 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC, and section 35 of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) for allegedly receiving foreign donations.
The Alt News co-founder is accused in a total of seven FIRs, of which six are lodged in UP and one in Delhi. He has been in custody in four cases against him in Delhi, Sitapur, Hathras, and Lakhimpur Kheri.
Out of these four cases, he has secured interim bail only in the Sitapur case and, today, in the Delhi case. He is yet to secure bail in the Lakhimpur Kheri case and Hathras case.
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