A Delhi court on Tuesday, deferred the hearing to July 14 in the bail plea of Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair, in connection with the Delhi Police Special Cell (IFSO) case against him for a 2018 tweet of his.
Mr. Zubair had moved a fresh bail application in this case before the court of Additional Sessions Judge Devendra Kumar Jangala after the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate denied him bail on July 2, and remanded him to judicial custody for 14 days.
On Tuesday, Mr. Jangala heard preliminary submissions from Advocate Vrinda Grover, who appeared for the journalist. Minutes into the hearing, Senior Public Prosecutor Atul Srivastava appeared in court virtually and sought an adjournment till July 14, saying he would be out of Delhi till then.
