A Delhi Court docket on Monday denied anticipatory bail to YouTuber Ajeet Bharti in a case underneath Scheduled Caste Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
Extra Classes Decide Saurabh Pratap Singh Laler of Patiala Home Courts rejected the anticipatory bail software filed by Bharti.
Advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai showing for Bharti stated that the police has filed a standing report saying that they solely wish to acquire some digital knowledge.
He additionally defended Bharti saying that the YouTuber isn’t in favour of any sort of caste discrimination.
He stated that assuming that the complainant is from SC/ST group, that won’t be sufficient. He additionally added that Bharti’s remarks have been made as a response to somebody saying one thing about his sister— which was grave provocation.
He argued that Bharti doesn’t have any discriminatory feeling or didn’t make any caste based mostly slur in opposition to anybody.
However, the prosecutor submitted that prima facie offence was made out in opposition to Bharti.
It was argued by the complainant’s counsel that Bharti’s commentary was not solely abusive in the direction of the complainant but additionally in opposition to your complete group.
Reportedly, Bharti was booked after he allegedly made casteist remarks on his YouTube present. Nonetheless Bharti has publicly defended himself saying that he didn’t make any casteist remarks in his video however was responding to offensive feedback in opposition to his mom/sister.
The FIR has been lodged underneath provisions of the SC/ST Act and Sections 196(1)(c) and 351(3) (aggravated felony intimidation) BNS in addition to Data Expertise Act.
As per Part 196(1)(c) whoever organises any train, motion, drill or different comparable exercise intending that the contributors in such exercise shall use or be skilled to make use of felony power or violence or figuring out it to be seemingly that the contributors in such exercise will use or be skilled to make use of felony power or violence, or participates in such exercise intending to make use of or be skilled to make use of felony power or violence or figuring out it to be seemingly that the contributors in such exercise will use or be skilled to make use of felony power or violence, in opposition to any non secular, racial, language or regional group or caste or group and such exercise for any motive by any means causes or is more likely to trigger concern or alarm or a sense of insecurity amongst members of such non secular, racial, language or regional group or caste or group, shall be punished with imprisonment which can prolong to 3 years, or with advantageous, or with each.
Case title: STATE OF DELHI versus AJEET BHARTI
