UP Court Grants Bail To Man Who Allegedly Threatened To Kill Judge Who Ordered 'Gyanvapi Survey
Sparsh Upadhyay
26 Sep 2024 8:48 AM GMT
A special NIA Court in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow district on Wednesday granted bail to a man who has been accused by the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of the state police of threatening a judge involved in the 'Gyanvapi' mosque case via his Instagram account and posting inappropriate remarks, encouraging violence against him.
Special NIA Judge Vivekanand Sharan Tripathi granted bail to Adnan, booked under Sections 153A, 115, 506 of IPC and 13 of UAPA, noting that the sections invoked against him are punishable with imprisonment of less than seven years and that the prosecution has presented no previous criminal history. The Court also considered that he has been detained in the district jail since June 4, 2024.
As per the allegations made against Khan in the FIR, he posted a photo of Additional District Judge (Fast Track Court) Bareilly Ravi Kumar Diwakar with the caption THE KAFIRS BLOOD IS HALAL FOR YOU THOSE WHO FIGHT AGAINST YOUR DEEN and the word KAFIR is written in red above the eyes on his face in the photo.
Judge Diwakar is known for ordering a videographic survey of the Gyanvapi mosque premises in 2022.
The FIR, lodged by UP ATS Investigating officer, states that the alleged Instagram post has been seen by a lot of people and through this post, “people associated with their ideology have been motivated to kill the judge hearing the Gyanvapi case and the said post is hurting the religious sentiments of people of other religions and Anti-national activities are being carried out to spread enmity and hatred between classes”.
Judge Diwakar, now posted as an Additional Sessions Judge in UP's Bareilly district, had written to the government secretary earlier this year expressing concerns regarding his present security cover, terming it 'inadequate'.
