The Allahabad High Court has rejected the anticipatory bail plea of a school professor in Firozabad in an almost three-month-old case wherein he was accused of posting “obscene material” about Union Textiles and Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani. Was charged.
Dismissing the bail plea of historical past professor Shaharyar Ali, Justice JJ Munir mentioned on Tuesday that such conduct doesn’t entitle him to anticipatory bail in view of the truth that the applicant is a senior trainer and division head. .
It acknowledged that Ali was entitled to give up and search common bail, and this is able to be thought of in accordance with the regulation.
The court docket additionally famous “co-accused” Huma Naqvi, who allegedly shared the publish.
On March 7, a case was filed towards Ali at Ramgarh police station in Firozabad district underneath part 505 (2) of IPC (statements that create or promote enmity, hatred or maliciousness between lessons) and part 67A of the IT Act. I went.
Ali’s lawyer instructed the court docket that he was ‘falsely implicated’ on the behest of BJP’s ‘District Minister’ and ‘informer’ of the case, Uday Pratap Singh, as there was ‘malice’ between them. The lawyer additionally alleged that Ali’s Facebook ID was hacked for posting objectionable materials, and he expressed his apology and disapproved the publish.
Soliciting bail, the lawyer mentioned that Ali is a revered citizen and has no prison historical past.
Additional advocate basic Shashi Shekhar Tiwari, whereas arguing on behalf of the state, opposed the bail plea, saying that the publish focused a Union minister and a senior chief of a political get together. Tiwari mentioned that the statements circulated and rumored on social media are prone to promote hatred or hatred amongst numerous non secular teams.
After listening to the arguments, the court docket dominated that at this stage prima facie it needs to be accepted that the applicant had uploaded a “defamatory and obscene” publish as there was no materials to point out that his account had been hacked. It was famous that Ali had posted an apology from the identical account, which means that he was nonetheless working it.
The choose additionally mentioned that the feedback made by the court docket weren’t an expression of opinion on the deserves of the case.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
