Accused of damaging CM Adityanath's image, 22-year-old boy gets bail after 14 months' jail
Lucknow: The Allahabad High Court earlier this week granted bail to Ibnul Hussain, who had been arrested in July 2022 on charges of tarnishing the image of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath through the alleged misuse of a mobile phone belonging to the complainant.
Justice Subhash Vidyarthi presiding over the case approved the bail petition, taking into account that the accused is a 22-year-old individual with no prior criminal record. He had been in custody since July 21, 2022.
The case originated from a First Information Report (FIR) filed by the complainant on June 3, 2022. The complainant alleged an ongoing property dispute between the parties. According to the complaint, while he was recording a video related to the dispute, the applicant, Ibnul Hussain, forcibly took his mobile phone at some point in January 2022, although the exact date was not recalled by the complainant.
It was further claimed that the complainant later discovered that Hussain had been misusing his mobile phone and SIM card to send fraudulent messages to officials, thereby tarnishing the reputation of the State's Chief Minister by disseminating inappropriate images.
Considering the circumstances of the case, the court granted bail to Ibnul Hussain. The court noted that the incident occurred on an unspecified date in January 2022, and the FIR was lodged six months later. Additionally, no incriminating material was recovered from the accused.
Consequently, the court ordered the accused, who faced charges under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and the IT Act, to furnish a personal bond and two sureties each, to the satisfaction of the magistrate or relevant court.
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
