The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) of Patiala House Court of Delhi on Saturday dismissed the bail petition of Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair in a case related to an "objectionable tweet" against a Hindu deity.
The Court sent him into judicial custody for 14 days.
Earlier in the day, the lawyer of Alt News co-founder expressed shock over a Delhi Police official "leaking" news to the media that the jailed accused was denied bail and his judicial custody extended.
The controversy started when news of rejection of the bail plea of fact-checker Zubair was being run, quoting the police as the source when the court was yet to pronounce its order for the plea.
The police produced Zubair before the court on expiry of his five-day custodial interrogation and urged it to send him to judicial remand, saying they might need his custodial interrogation later.
After the police application, Zubair moved a bail application before the court.
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