Zubair moves SC for quashing 6 FIRs as UP court sends him to 14-day judicial custody

UP court sends Zubair to 14-day judicial custody

New Delhi/Hathras: Even as a local court in Uttar Pradesh sent him to 14-days judicial custody on Thursday, Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair has moved the Supreme Court seeking to quash the 6 FIRs registered by the UP Police over his tweets.

Zubair’s plea challenges the FIRs registered at Sitapur, Lakhimpur Kheri, Muzaffarnagar, Ghaziabad and two at Hathras. He has also challenged the constitution of the SIT by the UP Police, LiveLaw reported.

Earlier, the fact checker was presented in the Hathras court in a case registered against him under section 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on ground of religion, race, etc.), 295A (deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class), 298 (Uttering, words, etc with deliberate intent to wound the religious feelings of any person) of Indian Penal Code and section 67 (publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic form) of the Information Technology Act.

The Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Hathras had recently issued B warrant against the fact-checker.

The Uttar Pradesh government has constituted a two-member Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by IG Dr Preetinder Singh, to probe six cases lodged against Zubair in Sitapur, Lakhimpur Kheri, Ghaziabad, Muzaffarnagar and Hathras.

A Delhi court will hear tomorrow a bail plea moved by Zubair in a case related to an “objectionable tweet” he had posted in 2018 against a Hindu deity.

On Tuesday, Additional Sessions Judge Devender Kumar Jangala adjourned the hearing after the prosecution sought time for a detailed argument in the matter.

Earlier, the Supreme Court extended the interim bail of Zubair till further orders in a case lodged against him in the Sitapur district for allegedly outraging religious sentiments.

The FIR was lodged on June 1 on a complaint filed by Hindu Sher Sena district president Bhagwan Sharan for a tweet by Zubair in which he called three Hindu seers — Yati Narasinghanand Saraswati, Bajrang Muni and Anand Swaroop – “hate-mongers”.IANS

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