Fact-Checker Mohammed Zubair Denied Bail By Delhi Court
NDTV
The police had produced Mohammed Zubair before the court on expiry of his five-day custodial interrogation and urged it to send him to 14-day judicial remand, saying they might need his custodial interrogation later.
Fact checking website Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair was denied bail by a Delhi court on Saturday and sent to 14-day judicial custody in a case related to a tweet from 2018.
The police had produced Mr Zubair before the court on expiry of his five-day custodial interrogation and urged it to send him to 14-day judicial remand, saying they might need his custodial interrogation later.
"Since matter is at the initial stage of investigation and overall facts and circumstances of the case and nature and gravity of the offences alleged against the accused, no ground for grant of bail is made out. Bail application of accused is accordingly dismissed," said the Delhi court.
During the hearing, public prosecutor Atul Srivastava informed the court that the police has invoked new provisions -- sections 120B (criminal conspiracy) and 201 (destruction of evidence) of the Indian Penal Code and section 35 of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act -- against the fact-checker.
