New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday granted interim bail to Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair in the case registered against him in Sitapur in Uttar Pradesh. The Court also issued notice to the UP police on his plea challenging the Allahabad High Court order.
The Justices Indira Banerjee and JK Maheshwari granted interim bail to Zubair in a plea challenging the Allahabad High Court order refusing to quash FIR registered for a tweet in which he allegedly called three Hindu seers "hate mongers".
The interim bail to Zubair was granted for 5 days on the condition that he will not post any fresh tweets on the issue related to the case and not leave the jurisdiction of the Sitapur Magistrate's court.
The apex court also said that Zubair shall not tamper with electronic evidence in Bengaluru or anywhere else.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta informed the Supreme Court that yesterday Zubair's counsel mentioned that there is a threat to his life.
"He's in judicial remand, his bail was rejected yesterday by Sitapur court and was sent to remand. This fact was not disclosed by him to the top court. It's a clear purposeful suppression of facts," said Mehta. (with Agency inputs)
