SC grants interim bail to Mohammad Zubair in all 6 FIRs registered in UP, to be released by 6 PM today
After hearing the interim bail plea of Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair, Supreme Court on Wednesday granted interim bail to him in all 6 FIRs registered in Uttar Pradesh.
New Delhi: After hearing the interim bail plea of Alt News co-founder and fact-checker Mohammad Zubair, Supreme Court on Wednesday granted interim bail to him in all 6 FIRs registered in Uttar Pradesh. It is reported that Zubiar should be released on bail before 6 PM today on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 20,000. The six FIRs are registered against Zubair in Hathras, Ghaziabad, Muzaffarnagar, Sitapur and Lakhimpur Kheri.
Supreme Court grants interim bail to fact-checking website Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair in all the six FIRs registered against him in Uttar Pradesh. pic.twitter.com/lsKXLKvLEz
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The Court said the Superintendent of Tihar Jail must ensure that Zubair is released before 6 PM after submitting the bond.
In its judgement, the apex court said the transfer of the FIRs shall apply to all existing FIRs and to all future FIRs that may be registered on the issue. The top court also denied the request of the UP government to refrain Zubair from tweeting.
According to the Advocate Vrinda Grover, appearing for Zubair in court, all 6 FIRs against the Alt News Co-founder are based on the same tweet.
Notably, Zubair has already been granted bail by a Delhi Court in the case registered by the Delhi Police on a 2018 tweet by him. In the tweet, he had shared a screenshot of a 1983 Bollywood movie, Kissi Se Na Kehna.