Vishal Jha, 21, an engineering student from Bengaluru accused in the Bulli Bai App case, moved the City Civil and Sessions Court on Friday, a day after the magistrate court rejected his bail.
His bail application will be heard next week. The Bulli Bai App was made to ‘auction’ Muslim women by doctoring their photographs. The Magistrate Court at Bandra on January 20 rejected Mr. Jha’s bail along with co-accused Shweta Singh, 19 and Mayank Rawat, 21 from Uttarakhand.
Mr. Jha filed for bail on the ground that he comes from a respected family and has no criminal antecedent. The plea stated the only allegation is that he is a follower/subscriber of the app. The Mumbai police, however said, “Prima facie the contents of the app appears to be uploaded with the view of creating enmity amongst religions. It is having connection with the previous app Sullideals (a similar app posting photographs of Muslim women). The offences are against women of a particular community and targeted them with the intention to defame womanhood.”
