Man booked for sharing video against PM modi granted bail
PRAYAGRAJ, Sept. 19 -- The Allahabad High Court recently granted bail to a man booked under the UAPA and serious offences under the BNS for allegedly circulating a Pakistan-manufactured video containing adverse comments on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his WhatsApp status.
Justice Santosh Rai granted bail to Savej, booked for grave offences including 'waging war against the Government of India' and 'acts endangering the sovereignty, unity and integrity of India'. As per the FIR, the video had the potential to disturb communal peace, endanger national security and affect social order.
However, it was an admitted fact that Savej did not create the video but only circulated it.
Seeking bail, his counsel argued in the HC that the recovery of the mobile phone was totally false and that the investigating officer had not examined any independent witness during the investigation. The State, on the other hand, opposed the bail plea.
After hearing the parties concerned, the court emphasised that pre-trial incarceration should not be prolonged when a trial conclusion was uncertain, and granted him bail.htc...
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