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Delhi court grants bail top Alt News co-founder Zubair in 2018 objectionable tweet case

Updated on: 15 July,2022 02:43 PM IST  |  New Delhi
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Additional Sessions Judge Devender Kumar Jangala granted the relief to Zubair on a bail bond of Rs 50,000 and one surety of the like amount, and directed him not to leave the country without its prior permission

Delhi court grants bail top Alt News co-founder Zubair in 2018 objectionable tweet case

Mohammed Zubair. File pic

A Delhi court on Friday granted bail to Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair in a case related to an "objectionable" tweet he had posted in 2018 against a Hindu deity.


Additional Sessions Judge Devender Kumar Jangala granted the relief to Zubair on a bail bond of Rs 50,000 and one surety of the like amount, and directed him not to leave the country without its prior permission.


Also read: Alt News co-founder Mohd Zubair moves SC seeking quashing of six FIRs lodged in UP


A magisterial court had on July 2 dismissed his bail plea and sent him to 14-day judicial custody (JC) in the case, citing the nature and gravity of the offences against the accused and observing that the matter was at an initial stage of investigation.

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