Shimla, Jan. 7 -- The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Wednesday granted regular bail to Abhishek Singh Bhardwaj, who had been booked under Section 152 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for allegedly uploading photographs and videos depicting weapons and making anti-national remarks on social media.

Allowing the bail petition, Justice Rakesh Kainthla held that merely criticising hostilities between India and Pakistan or expressing a desire for peace cannot be construed as sedition or an offence under the law.

The court observed that no prohibited weapon was recovered from the petitioner and that the social media content attributed to him did not, on its facie, reveal any intention to incite violence, create public disorder, or spread h...