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The plea challenges Allahabad High Court’s orde refusing to quash the First Information Report (FIR) lodged against Zubair over his tweets calling Bajrang Muni a 'hate monger' and insulting Yati Narsinghanand and Anand Swaroop.
A Supreme Court bench of Justices Indira Banerjee and J.K.Mahshwari agreed to list Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair’s plea challenging Allahabad High Court’s order refusing to quash the First Information Report (FIR) lodged against him over his tweet.
Zubair had allegedly called Bajrang Muni a 'hate monger' and insulted Yati Narsinghanand and Anand Swaroop in his tweets.
The High Court bench of Justices Ajai Kumar Srivastava-I and Ramesh Sinha had observed that prima facie, the perusal of the records made out alleged offences at the present stage, and there appeared to be sufficient ground for investigation in the case.
The FIR against Zubair was lodged on June 1 under Sections 295-A of the Indian Penal Code and Section 67 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 at Police Station Khairabad, District Sitapur on basis of a complaint.
The complainant had alleged that on May 27, he saw a tweet posted by Zubair where he used the offensive term "hate mongers" against the manager of revered religious place Badi Sanghat and National Patron of National Hindu Sher Sena, Mahant Bajrang Muni.
Colin Gonsalve, Sr. Adv, mentioned the matter today before the Apex Court and sought an urgent listing. He said, “A look at the FIR will show that no crime has been made out. There is a death threat to him, I am worried for him.”
The bench, on hearing his submission, agreed to list the matter subject to the case being assigned by the Chief Justice of India.
Case Title: Mohammed Zubair Vs State of UP
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