Mohammed Zubair's Plea against UP Police FIRs-Supreme Court Hearing-LIVE UPDATES

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20 July 2022 12:03 PM IST

  • Mohammed Zubairs Plea against UP Police FIRs-Supreme Court Hearing-LIVE UPDATES

    Supreme Court Bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud will hear a petition filed by Alt News Journalist Mohammed Zubair seeking to quash the FIRs registered against him by the UP Police. On July 18, Top Court had directed the Uttar Pradesh Police to not take any precipitative action against fact checker Mohammed Zubair in connection with the 5 FIRs registered against him in Lakhimpur...

    Supreme Court Bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud will hear a petition filed by Alt News Journalist Mohammed Zubair seeking to quash the FIRs registered against him by the UP Police. 

    On July 18, Top Court had directed the Uttar Pradesh Police to not take any precipitative action against fact checker Mohammed Zubair in connection with the 5 FIRs registered against him in Lakhimpur Kheri, Muzaffarnagar, Ghaziabad and two at Hathras districts over his tweets till July 20.

    The Court had on July 8, 2022, granted Zubair interim bail in the Sitapur FIR, and on July 13, a bench led by Justice DY Chandrachud extended the interim bail in the Sitapur case until further orders and posted his plea to quash the FIR for disposal in September. On July 15, the Patiala House Court granted him regular bail in the Delhi Police FIR.

    FIRs were registered against him by the UP Police for a tweet in which he allegedly called 3 Hindu seers- Yati Narasinghanand Saraswati, Bajrang Muni and Anand Swaroop as 'Hate mongers'.

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    • 20 July 2022 12:51 PM IST

      AAG : On May 27, he tags the TV news debate with Bajrang Muni, though the debate had nothing to do with Baba Bajrang Muni..(inaudible).

    • 20 July 2022 12:46 PM IST

      Judges are discussing among themsleves.

    • 20 July 2022 12:45 PM IST

      AAG : Speech was about raping women of particular community. Within few areas, there was major communal tension in Sitapur area.

    • 20 July 2022 12:41 PM IST

      AAG : See the Sitapur case. There was a speech by Bajrang Muni where he has a lot of followers. On April 2, he makes objectionable speeches. Nobody comes forward for complaint. On April 7, the accused here makes it viral. He does not tag Sitapur police. He makes it viral.

    • 20 July 2022 12:40 PM IST

      Justice Chandrachud : Do you want the investigations go in Chandoli, Muzzafarnagar, Hathras...and Delhi has happened in first in point of time.

      AAG : Delhi is not first. In fact, he is so active in his viciousness that he has not even spared a 10 year old girl that there is a POCSO Case.

    • 20 July 2022 12:40 PM IST

      Justice Chandrachud : Admittedly, the Delhi police is investigating the matter. They have invoked Sec 35 FCRA also. He has been granted bail by Sessions Judge in Delhi. Having regard to that, where would the balance of justice really lie?

    • 20 July 2022 12:37 PM IST

      UP AAG : His lakhs of followers retweeted it and entire incident was blown up and communal disharmony takes place in the same district. On June 22, he gave a written apology saying that without checking facts he had gone ahead.

    • 20 July 2022 12:37 PM IST

      UP AAG : The local issue is taken all over the country. 14th June he tweeted. 15 June situation became serious. He admits that it was not a communal issue...

    • 20 July 2022 12:35 PM IST

      UP AAG : He takes advantage of this video. Tweets it to his lakhs of followers, putting sentences that will inflame violence. 

    • 20 July 2022 12:35 PM IST

      UP AAG : This was the video of an old man who was beaten by some people. And what was reported? Your lordship may see. I don't want to read it. 

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