The Gauhati High Court on Monday stayed the adverse remarks made by a district judge against the Assam police while granting bail to independent Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani in an assault case on April 29.
Hearing an appeal filed by the Assam government, Justice Devashis Baruah clarified that the order should not be interpreted as a stay on the grant of bail by the district judge.
Mr. Mevani was arrested on April 20 for an allegedly offensive tweet against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The case was based on a complaint lodged by a BJP leader in western Assam’s Kokrajhar district.
