New Delhi, Sep 16 (PTI) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday reserved its order on a plea by YouTuber Ajeet Bharti seeking anticipatory bail in a case against him over alleged casteist remarks against Nagina MP Chandrashekhar Azad.
Justice Saurabh Banerjee heard the submissions of the counsel for Bharti, the Delhi Police and complainant Azad, and said the court will pass orders.
Bharti approached the high court after a trial court here refused to grant him pre-arrest bail in the case on September 7.
During the trial court proceedings, Bharti’s lawyer had contended that he did not use any casteist slur and had responded to a grave provocation against his family member.
Azad, the Bhim Army chief, in a complaint to the Delhi Police has alleged that Bharti made caste-based, abusive, derogatory and humiliating statements against him, the members of the Scheduled Caste community and B R Ambedkar on social media.
The FIR was registered under provisions of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, the Information Technology Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
The trial court, while denying anticipatory bail, said the ingredients of the offence under the SC/ST Act were prima facie disclosed in the material before it, which bars granting pre-arrest bail to an accused. PTI SKV SKV KSS KSS
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