Mohd Zubair bail hearing: Delhi court reserves order for Friday

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Alt News co-founder Mohd Zubair was arrested by Delhi Police over a 2018 tweet that allegedly hurt religious sentiments.

The Delhi court hearing Alt News co-founder Mohd Zubair’s bail plea has reserved its order for 2 pm Friday. Zubair was arrested last month by Delhi Police over a 2018 tweet that allegedly hurt religious sentiments and since has had six separate cases filed against him in Uttar Pradesh. On Thursday a court in UP’s Hathras sent Zubair to judicial custody for 14 days, meaning that even if he were to secure bail in Delhi, he will remain in jail for now.

Earlier today the Delhi court wanted to know exactly how many people had been offended by Zubair’s 2018 tweet and if the police had recorded statements, as required by law.

However, the special public prosecutor could ony offer ‘tweets and retweets’ by way of details, to which the court responded: “You cannot go by the tweets and retweets. You have to go by the CrPC (Code of Criminal Procedure) and record the statement.”

Zubair’s tweet referenced a 1983 Bollywood film starring Farooq Sheikh and Deepti Naval.

The matter was heard today after two days of inactivity because the special prosecutor, Atul Shrivastav, said he was un available for earlier hearings.



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