Supreme Court grants interim bail for five days to Alt News co-founder Zubair in UP case | India News

Alt Information co-founder Mohammad Zubair (ANI Picture)

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Courtroom on Friday granted five-day interim bail to Alt Information co-founder Mohammed Zubair in reference to an FIR lodged in Sitapur district of Uttar Pradesh for allegedly outraging spiritual sentiments.
A trip bench of Justices Indira Banerjee and JK Maheshari issued discover on Zubair’s plea and listed it for additional listening to earlier than a daily bench.
It clarified that its interim bail order is with respect to the FIR lodged in Sitapur and has nothing to do with a case registered towards him in Delhi.
The bench restrained Zubair from posting something on Twitter with regard to the case and requested him to not depart the jurisdiction of Delhi.
An FIR was lodged towards Zubair in Uttar Pradesh below IPC part 295A (deliberate and malicious act supposed to outrage spiritual emotions) and part 67 of the IT Act right here on a grievance by Hindu Sher Sena Sitapur district president Bhagwan Sharan on June 1.
Zubair was arrested by the Delhi Police on June 27 for allegedly hurting spiritual sentiments by means of one among his tweets.