The S𒉰upreme Court on Wednesday granted bail to Alt News Co-founder Mohammad Zubair in all FIRs lodged in Uttar Pradesh against him concerning h♑is alleged derogatory tweets.
The apex court also ordered that he will be released on bailꦗ if any other FIR is lodged against him for the same cause of action.
A bench of Justicesᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ DY Chandrachud, Surya Kant, and AS Bopanna said that Zubair will be enlarged on bail in all the FIRs lodged in UP after depositing a bail bond of Rs 20,000 crore with Chief Metropolitan Magistrate at Patiala House Court, New Delhi.
The top court also transferred all the FIRs lodged in UP against Zubair for allegedly outraging religious sentiments to be investigated by the Delhi Police and clubbed them al🦩ong with the existing FIR lodged by a special 🅰cell of Delhi Police.
The bench also disbanded a UP police Special Investigation Team formed by the state government t🎀o investigate the FIRs against Zubair.
(With PTI inputs)
