Delhi court denies bail to Alt News co-founder Mohd Zubair; remands to 14-day Judicial Custody
Hearing the case of Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair, Delhi Court on Saturday rejected his bail plea and sent him into 14-day Judicial Custody.
New Delhi: Hearing the case of Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair, Delhi Court on Saturday rejected his bail plea and sent him into 14-day Judicial Custody. Zubair was produced before the court after his 4-day police custody ended today. Delhi Police sought Zubair’s judicial custody.
Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) of Patiala House Court of Delhi dismisses the bail petition of Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair. Court sends him into judicial custody for 14 days pic.twitter.com/X4o6UTNiHZ
— ANI (@ANI) July 2, 2022
In the case, Delhi Police’s Special Public Prosecutor is Atual Shrivastava while advocate Vrinda Grover is representing Zubair in court.
Grover presented her argument in court on behalf of Zubair, ”The mentioned tweet belonged to film ‘Kisi Se Na Kehna’ by Hrishikesh Mukherjee, it’s a lovely comedy and the censor board allowed its release…They say the tweet is sensitive and provocative, but still no direction from Twitter to remove it.”
Meanwhile, Atul Shrivastava, representing Delhi Police sought the dismissal of the bail plea stating that there are donations from countries like Pakistan and Syria and therefore the case is “not just of a simple tweet”.
“It is not a case of time-barred… It is still a continuing offence as the tweet is still there… When the film was released, it was not the age of the internet. Donations are from Pakistan, Syria, so considering gravity,it’s not just a case of a simple tweet…accused is Pravda Media director, he smartly deleted everything…In such circumstances, bail application should be dismissed…deletion of data from phone after FIR is important.”
Mr Zubair was arrested on June 27 by Delhi Police following a complaint by a Twitter user for allegedly hurting the religious sentiments of people in a social media post.