SC refuses bail plea of man arrested over tweets on Uddhav Thackeray

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea for bail of a man who was last month arrested from Gujarat for posting allegedly objectionable comments in tweets against Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and his ministerson Aaditya ThackerayA bench of Chief Justice SA Bobde and Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian asked the counsel for Sameer Thakkar to approach the Bombay High Court with the plea saying it can also uphold his fundamental rightsThe High Court can also uphold your fundamental rights It can also transfer the case and grant you bail Then why are you coming under 32 under Article 32 of the Constitution writ pleas are filed in the Supreme CourtYou please go to the High Court the bench told senior advocate Mahesh Jethmalani who was appearing for ThakkarJethmalani said that Thakkar was arrested for bailable offences and this will shock your LordshipsWe are quite immune from shock We see it everyday Nothing shocks us the bench observed and asked him to approach the High CourtMeanwhile the counsel for Maharashtra said the state will not oppose the bail plea of the accused in the magisterial court on Monday as the custodial interrogation of Thakkar was over in the caseHe was later granted bail by a court in MumbaiJethmalani said that as many as three FIRs had been lodged against Thakkar for his tweets only and he was arrested on October 24 from RajkotThen he was taken to Nagpur on transit remand and was quizzed in police custody for his tweets and moreover his custody was extended as wellHis neck was tied with rope and he was paraded on roads the senior lawyer saidWhat makes you think that we are approving all this We are only telling you repeatedly that you can make these arguments before the High Court Let us have the view of High Court the bench saidJethmalani then withdrew the plea of Thakkar who besides seeking bail had sought consolidation of three FIRs registered against him for the postsThakkar who has 59000 followers on Twitter and is followed by some prominent government functionaries on the social media platform was arrested from Rajkot on October 24 over his postsHe has been granted bail in one case by a Nagpur court and was arrested by Maharashtra police in connection with other FIRKeep scrolling to read more newsCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest newsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever