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The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended the 5 days’ interim bail granted to Alt News co-founder Mohammad Zubair till further orders.
The Top Court listed Zubair’s plea for a hearing on September 7.
This is in line with the case lodged against him in Sitapur district of Uttar Pradesh for allegedly outraging religious sentiments.
A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and AS Bopanna was told by Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, appearing for the State government, that they wanted to file a counter affidavit to Zubair’s plea seeking quashing of the FIR lodged in the case.
The bench then listed the plea for final hearing on September 7 and asked the Uttar Pradesh government to file its response in four weeks.
On July 8, a vacation bench of the top court had granted five-day interim bail to Zubair in the case.
Inputs from PTI
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