NEW DELHI: On Monday, the Supreme Court refused to accept a request for bail from a man who was arrested in Gujarat for posting allegedly objectionable comments in his tweets against Maharashtra’s chief minister Uddhav Thackeray and his minister son Aaditya . A bank of President of the Supreme Court SA Bobde and Judges AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian asked Sameer Thakkar’s lawyer to come closer Bombay High Court with the plea saying that you can also defend your fundamental rights.
“The superior court You can also defend your fundamental rights. You can also transfer the case and post a bond. So why is he under 32 years old? (In accordance with article 32 of the Constitution, judicial appeals are presented in the Supreme Court).
“Please go to the higher court,” the court told lead attorney Mahesh Jethmalani, who was appearing for Thakkar.
Jethmalani said Thakkar has been arrested for “bail crimes” and this “will shock your honorable Members”
“We are quite immune to shock. We see it every day. Nothing shocks us,” observed the bank and asked him to approach the Superior Court.
Meanwhile, the Maharashtra lawyer said the state will not object to the defendant’s release on bail in court on Monday as Thakkar’s custody questioning had ended in the case.
Jethmalani said up to three FIRs had come forward against Thakkar just because of his tweets and that he was arrested on October 24 in Rajkot.
He was then taken to Nagpur in pre-trial detention and questioned in police custody for his tweets and furthermore his custody was also extended.
“His neck was tied with a rope and they paraded him on the roads,” said the lead attorney.
“What makes you think we are approving all of this? We just repeatedly tell you that you can present these arguments to the Superior Court. Let us have the Superior Court’s opinion,” the court said.
Jethmalani then withdrew the plea from Thakkar, who in addition to requesting bail, had sought the consolidation of three FIRs registered against him on the charges.
Thakkar, who has 59,000 followers on Twitter and is followed by some prominent government officials on the social media platform, he was arrested in Rajkot on October 24 for his posts.
A Nagpur court granted him bail and he was arrested by the Maharashtra police in connection with other FIR TREE.
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