No justification to maintain Mohammed Zubair in continued detention: Supreme Court grants bail in all 6 FIRs
By Online Desk
The Supreme Court granted bail to Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair on Wednesday in all six FIRs lodged in opposition to him in Uttar Pradesh.
The apex court docket ordered him to provide bail bonds to the quantity of Rs 20,000 which must be introduced earlier than the CMM, Patiala House and instantly after the submission of the identical the Superintended of Tihar Jail should be certain that the petitioner is launched earlier than 6 PM in the present day.
“There is no justification to keep the petitioner in continued detention especially since the gravamen of allegations in UP FIRs is similar to that in Delhi police FIR,” the court docket mentioned.
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“We cannot stop him from tweeting. We cannot anticipatorily interdict him from exercising his right to free speech. He will be answerable as per the law. Evidence is all in public domain,” it added.
It is claimed that the investigation in all of the above FIRs shall be transferred from the UP police to the particular cell of Delhi Police.
Zubair moved Supreme Court looking for quashing of the six FIRs registered in opposition to him by the UP Police.
The six instances registered in opposition to Zubair are in Hathras, Ghaziabad, Muzaffarnagar, Lakhimpur, Kheri and Sitapur.
The Supreme Court granted bail to Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair on Wednesday in all six FIRs lodged in opposition to him in Uttar Pradesh.
The apex court docket ordered him to provide bail bonds to the quantity of Rs 20,000 which must be introduced earlier than the CMM, Patiala House and instantly after the submission of the identical the Superintended of Tihar Jail should be certain that the petitioner is launched earlier than 6 PM in the present day.
“There is no justification to keep the petitioner in continued detention especially since the gravamen of allegations in UP FIRs is similar to that in Delhi police FIR,” the court docket mentioned.
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“We cannot stop him from tweeting. We cannot anticipatorily interdict him from exercising his right to free speech. He will be answerable as per the law. Evidence is all in public domain,” it added.
It is claimed that the investigation in all of the above FIRs shall be transferred from the UP police to the particular cell of Delhi Police.
Zubair moved Supreme Court looking for quashing of the six FIRs registered in opposition to him by the UP Police.
The six instances registered in opposition to Zubair are in Hathras, Ghaziabad, Muzaffarnagar, Lakhimpur, Kheri and Sitapur.
