No justification to keep Mohammed Zubair in continued detention: Supreme Court grants bail in all 6 FIRs
NEW DELHI,JULY 20 : The Supreme Court granted bail to Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair on Wednesday in all six FIRs lodged against him in Uttar Pradesh.
The apex court ordered him to produce bail bonds to the amount of Rs 20,000 which should be presented before the CMM, Patiala House and immediately after the submission of the same the Superintended of Tihar Jail must ensure that the petitioner is released before 6 PM today.
“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 said.
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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 said that the investigation in all the above FIRs will be transferred from the UP police to the special cell of Delhi Police.
Zubair moved Supreme Court seeking quashing of the six FIRs registered against him by the UP Police.
The six cases registered against Zubair are in Hathras, Ghaziabad, Muzaffarnagar, Lakhimpur, Kheri and Sitapur.
-The New Indian Express
