Mohammed Zubair's Plea against UP Police FIRs-Supreme Court Hearing-LIVE UPDATES

Order : and after the FIRs before Delhi Police Special Cell. These are FIR at Loni Border PS, FIR at PS Muzzaffarnagar, FIR at PS Chandoli, FIR at PS Mohammadi district Lakhimpur, FIR at PS Khairabad Sitapur district, FIR at PS Secundararao Hathras District, FIR @ Hathras Kotwali

Order : [Portion of status report on tweets under investigation extracted in the order]. The scope of the investigation by the Delhi Police has been enlarged to Sec 35 FCRA. Apart from the above FIR, a series of FIRs have been registered against the petitioner both before

Order : by the petitioner in the course of his activities. According to the status report (extracts portions on recovery of laptop and mobile). The status reprot refers to 7 tweets put out by the petitioner on the basis of which Special Cell is continuing the investigation.

Order : The Delhi Police has submitted a status report on the course of investigation which has been carried out in pursuance of FIR 172/22 before the Addl Sessions Judge. The status report notes the course of the investigation and it spans into tweets allegedly put out

Orde : The legality of the order of police remand has been questioned before the Delhi HC, in which proceeding notice has been issued on July 1. On July 1, petitioner was remanded to 14 day judicial custody. On July 15, he was granted regular bail by Add Sessions Judge.

Orde : The legality of the order of police remand has been questioned before the Delhi HC, in which proceeding notice has been issued on July 1. On July 1, petitioner was remanded to 14 day judicial custody. On July 15, he was granted regular bail by Add Sessions Judge.

Order : Petitioner was arrested on 27.06.2022 and was remanded to one day police custody by Duty Magistrate. Custodial order was further extended by 4 days. On 30.06.2022, a search took place at the residential premises of the petitioner in Bangalore.

Order : On 20.06.2022, FIR 172/2022 was registered at the Special Cell of Delhi Police for offences allegedly punishable under 153A, 295A, 201 and 120B of IPC. Offence under Sec 35 FCRA has been added during the course of investigation.

Bench starts dictation of order : Petitioner is co-founder of AltNews, a fact checking portal, which conducts its activities under Pravda Media Foundation. AltNews has been launched in Feb 2017. Pravda Media is a company referable to Sec 8 Companies Act 2013.

Grover : I can make factual rebuttals, including status report by Police that no cognizable offence is made out in the POCSO case.