Supreme Court grants bail to hate speech accused in Haridwar Dharma Sansad case

By PTI

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to Jitendra Narayan Tyagi, an accused within the Haridwar Dharma Sansad case associated to alleged inflammatory speeches made in opposition to Muslims.

A bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and B V Nagarathna directed Tyagi, previously often called Wasim Rizvi, to furnish an endeavor earlier than the trial courtroom that he is not going to deal with digital media or social media and shall not bask in such alleged actions anymore, immediately or not directly.

The petitioner could also be produced earlier than the Trial Court inside three days and shall be launched on post-arrest bail topic to such phrases and circumstances to the satisfaction of the involved trial Court and furnishing endeavor within the above phrases earlier than the trial Court.

“If the petitioner violates or commits a breach of any of the conditions on which bail has been granted to him, the respondents/prosecution is at liberty to move an application seeking cancellation of bail,” the bench stated.

The prime courtroom on August 29 refused to increase the interim bail granted earlier on medical grounds and directed Tyagi to give up.

The apex courtroom on May 17 granted three months of interim bail to Tyagi on medical grounds and directed him to offer an endeavor that he wouldn’t bask in hate speech and never give any assertion on digital or digital or social media.

Tyagi had approached the highest courtroom after the Uttarakhand High Court dismissed his bail plea in March this yr.

The case in opposition to him and others had been lodged on the grievance of Nadeem Ali, a resident of Jwalapur Haridwar at Haridwar Kotwali on January 2 this yr.

He had alleged in his grievance that Dharma Sansad or spiritual Parliament was organised in Haridwar by Hindu sages from December 17 to 19 final yr and within the garb of this occasion, the members have been instigated to wage a struggle in opposition to Muslims.

Objectionable phrases have been allegedly used in opposition to the Holy Quran and Prophet Mohammad, Ali had stated in his grievance, including these provocative statements had later gone viral on social media. These movies have been circulated by Tyagi, Yati Narsinghanand, and others, he had alleged.

The FIR additionally alleged that an try was made by Prabodhanand Giri to unfold violence in opposition to the folks dwelling in Haridwar’s mosques.

On Ali’s grievance, Narsindhanand Giri, Sagar Sindhu Maharaj, Dharamdas Maharaj, Parmanand Maharaj, Sadhvi Annapurna, Swami Anand Swaroop, Ashwani Upadhyay, Suresh Chavan together with Swami Prabodhanand Giri, Jitendra Narayan have been booked beneath numerous sections of the IPC for allegedly delivering hate speeches within the identify of faith on the conclave.

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to Jitendra Narayan Tyagi, an accused within the Haridwar Dharma Sansad case associated to alleged inflammatory speeches made in opposition to Muslims.

A bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and B V Nagarathna directed Tyagi, previously often called Wasim Rizvi, to furnish an endeavor earlier than the trial courtroom that he is not going to deal with digital media or social media and shall not bask in such alleged actions anymore, immediately or not directly.

The petitioner could also be produced earlier than the Trial Court inside three days and shall be launched on post-arrest bail topic to such phrases and circumstances to the satisfaction of the involved trial Court and furnishing endeavor within the above phrases earlier than the trial Court.

“If the petitioner violates or commits a breach of any of the conditions on which bail has been granted to him, the respondents/prosecution is at liberty to move an application seeking cancellation of bail,” the bench stated.

The prime courtroom on August 29 refused to increase the interim bail granted earlier on medical grounds and directed Tyagi to give up.

The apex courtroom on May 17 granted three months of interim bail to Tyagi on medical grounds and directed him to offer an endeavor that he wouldn’t bask in hate speech and never give any assertion on digital or digital or social media.

Tyagi had approached the highest courtroom after the Uttarakhand High Court dismissed his bail plea in March this yr.

The case in opposition to him and others had been lodged on the grievance of Nadeem Ali, a resident of Jwalapur Haridwar at Haridwar Kotwali on January 2 this yr.

He had alleged in his grievance that Dharma Sansad or spiritual Parliament was organised in Haridwar by Hindu sages from December 17 to 19 final yr and within the garb of this occasion, the members have been instigated to wage a struggle in opposition to Muslims.

Objectionable phrases have been allegedly used in opposition to the Holy Quran and Prophet Mohammad, Ali had stated in his grievance, including these provocative statements had later gone viral on social media. These movies have been circulated by Tyagi, Yati Narsinghanand, and others, he had alleged.

The FIR additionally alleged that an try was made by Prabodhanand Giri to unfold violence in opposition to the folks dwelling in Haridwar’s mosques.

On Ali’s grievance, Narsindhanand Giri, Sagar Sindhu Maharaj, Dharamdas Maharaj, Parmanand Maharaj, Sadhvi Annapurna, Swami Anand Swaroop, Ashwani Upadhyay, Suresh Chavan together with Swami Prabodhanand Giri, Jitendra Narayan have been booked beneath numerous sections of the IPC for allegedly delivering hate speeches within the identify of faith on the conclave.