Rajasthan HC grants bail to man accused in killing of Udaipur tailor in 2022
The man’s lawyer argued that he had been arrested merely on the basis of call details that did not prove his alleged involvement in the crime.
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The Rajasthan High Court on Thursday granted bail to one of the men accused in the 2022 killing of a tailor in Udaipur, The Indian Express reported.
A bench of Justices Pankaj Bhandari and Praveer Bhatnagar granted bail to Mohammad Javed, who was accused of conducting a recce for the two main accused persons – Mohammad Riyaz and Ghouse Mohammad.
On June 28, 2022, Riyaz and Mohammad killed the tailor, Kanhaiya Lal, for purportedly sharing a social media post in support of former Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Nupur Sharma. The two men had posted a video of the killing online and were arrested hours later.
Sharma had made disparaging remarks about Prophet Muhammad during a television debate a month before, which led to a spate of violence and unrest across several parts of the country. There was also a diplomatic outrage from some Gulf countries.
The Rajasthan Police had filed the initial case after Lal’s killing. However, the National Investigation Agency subsequently took over the matter and registered a separate case on June 29, 2022.
On Thursday, lawyer Syed Saadat Ali, representing Javed, said that he had filed an appeal on the grounds that he had been arrested merely on the basis of call details.
“He has been in jail since July 21, 2022 and the only thing against...
