Mohammed Zubair's Plea Against UP Police FIR In Hate Speech Case- Supreme Court Hearing- LIVE UPDATES

ASG : You are attempting to promote on grounds of religion disharmony or ill-will between different kinds of people. Calling a religious leader a hate-monger! If you were such a nice person, you could have sent a letter to police. Why did you tweet?

ASG : Bajrang Muni is a respected mahant and religious leader in Sitapur with large following. When you call a religious leader hate-monger, it raises problems.You have outraged the religious feelings of large number of followers of Bajrangi Baba. Whether it is deliberate or not, is a matter for trial. Prima facie offence is made out.

SG : He is a part of a syndicate.

ASG : My learned friend says he has written to the police. That is wrong. He is tweeting it to the larger world.

ASG : My learned friend says he has written to the police station. No, he is tweeting it. And everybody comes to know about it. He is inciing violence.

ASG : Bajrang Muni is a respected mahout religious leader in Sitapur with large following. When you call a religious leader hate-monger, it raises problems.

Justice Maheshwari to SG : Mr. SG, please tell us, if the argument regarding offence under Section 295A is made out or not.

SG : The IO will answer.

ASG : I will show how 295A is made out and how 153A is made out.

Justice Maheshwari asks about the crime number and police station.

ASG Raju says it is registered for local police station.

J Maheshwari asks who is appearing for State.

SG says he is.

SG : Mr.Gonsalves has to explain many more things. One isolated tweet is not the offence, his overall conduct is being criminally investigated. He is a habitual offender. There are 6 cases registered against him.

Gonsalves interjects.

SG : Please Mr.Gonsalves, this is not a TV debate.

Gonsalves : If I am performing the role of pointing out hate speech and reporting to police, it is not promoting enmity between religions. I am promoting secularism in fact. 153A does not apply at all. I am telling them to stop promoting enmity, stop hate speech.

SG : There is something more than what meets the eye in this case.

SG : It is a fact that the learned AG has granted consent for contempt (against Yati Narsinghanand). And rightly granted too. They are hate speeches and action has been taken.

SG : He is under remand under a judicial order. It has not been challenged. HC says on June 10 says there is prima facie case and is too premature to quash. Investigation has taken place.

SG : All these suppressions, and merely argument that 67 is not made out. Even police has found that and it is dropped. And what is added is 153A and this was argued before Court. This is not revealed. And he claims he is a "fact checker".