By ANI
NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Saturday produced Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair earlier than a courtroom right here in a case associated to an objectionable tweet he had posted in 2018 towards a Hindu deity and sought his 14-day judicial custody.
Zubair was produced earlier than the courtroom on expiry of his five-day custodial interrogation. Police informed Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Snigdha Sarvaria that he was not required anymore for custodial interrogation.
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During the transient listening to, Public Prosecutor Atul Srivastava additionally knowledgeable the courtroom that police has invoked new provisions — sections 120B (felony conspiracy) and 201 (destruction of proof) of the Indian Penal Code and part 35 of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act towards Zubair.
After the police software, Zubair moved a bail plea earlier than the courtroom on the bottom that he was not required for the investigation any additional.
The courtroom is more likely to hear the bail software shortly. Zubair’s advocate Vrinda Grover informed the courtroom that the telephone seized by the police was not of the time the tweets have been made.
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Tweet is of 2018, the telephone is which I (Zubair) am utilizing presently. I have not even denied the tweet, she mentioned.
Zubair was earlier booked underneath sections 153 (wantonly giving provocation with intent to trigger riot) and 295 (injuring or defiling place of worship with intent to insult the faith of any class) of the IPC.
IPC part 295A (deliberate and malicious acts, meant to outrage non secular emotions of any class by insulting its faith or non secular beliefs) was additionally invoked towards him later.
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