New Delhi: Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair on Thursday approached the Delhi High Court challenging his police remand in a case related to an alleged objectionable tweet posted in 2018 against a Hindu deity.
The petition, which challenges the trial court’s June 28 order ordering the Delhi Police to grant Zubair’s four-day custody, was mentioned by his lawyer, advocate Vrinda Grover, before Justice Sanjeev Narula, who passed away on Friday. agreed to list the matter for hearing.
Zubair was arrested by the Delhi Police on June 27 for hurting religious sentiments through one of his tweets and was sent to one-day police custody by the trial court on the same day.
After he was produced at the end of his one-day custody, Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Snigdha Sarwari extended his custody by four days.
Earlier this month, sections 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, caste, place of birth, language, etc.) and 295A (deliberate and malicious acts with intent to hurt religious sentiments) were filed against Zubair. ) case was registered. Indian Penal Code (IPC).
Police said the case has been registered on the complaint of a Twitter user who accused them of hurting religious sentiments.
The police, while seeking extension of Zubair’s custody by five days, told the trial court that the accused was allegedly following a trend where he used religious tweets in an attempt to become famous and was trying to create social disharmony and cause injury. A deliberate attempt was made to deliver. religious feelings.
The probe agency had also said that the accused joined the investigation but did not cooperate and various contents were removed from his phone.
Advocate Grover, appearing for the accused, opposed the police’s plea, alleging that the agency had called Zubair for questioning in some other case but he was arrested in haste in this case.
“Someone recently tweeted Zubair’s 2018 tweet and the present case has been registered. The anonymous Twitter handle had its first tweet, which cited Zubair’s tweet, which has been picked up by the police. The agency is doing mischief,” submitted the lawyer.
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