Call from Supreme Court prods Indore Central Jail to release Munawar Faruqui 36 hours after bail order
Call from Supreme Court prods Indore Central Jail to release Munawar Faruqui 36 hours after bail order
ByKarishma Kotwal,Antriksh SinghKarishma Kotwal and Antriksh Singh / Updated: Feb 7, 2021, 11:24 IST
Supreme Court s Friday morning order to release stand-up comedian
Munawar Faruqui on interim bail, and after dragging their feet all through Saturday, jail authorities finally let him out around 11pm.
Indore Central Jail
superintendent Rakesh Bhangare, who had all evening said they couldn t release Munawar until they got a certified copy of the SC stay on his production warrant in a case in Prayagraj, finally confirmed his release after midnight.
Munawar Faruqui (File photo)
INDORE: Thirty-six hours after the Supreme Court s Friday morning order to release stand-up comedian Munawar Faruqui on interim bail, and after dragging their feet all through Saturday, jail authorities finally let him out around 11pm.
Indore Central Jail superintendent Rakesh Bhangare, who had all evening said they couldn t release Munawar until they got a certified copy of the SC stay on his production warrant in a case in Prayagraj, finally confirmed his release after midnight. We got a call from the Supreme Court telling us that the order is uploaded on the website. We were told to check the order and release Faruqui, he said, adding that Munawar left the prison in the vehicle of a city SP around 11pm . He had CCTV grabs to prove it, he said.
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Faruqui was arrested for allegedly hurting religious sentiments during a show.
The application may come up for hearing on Friday, court sources said.
Earlier, the magistrate s court as well as the sessions court had rejected his bail plea.
On Wednesday, chief judicial magistrate Aman Singh Bhuria extended Faruqui s judicial custody till January 27.
Police arrested Faruqui, who hails from Gujarat, and four others on January 1 following a complaint by a BJP MLA s son that objectionable remarks were made by him and others about Hindu deities during a comedy show at a local cafe.
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The application may come up for hearing on Friday, court sources said.
Earlier, the magistrate’s court as well as the sessions court had rejected his bail plea.
On Wednesday, chief judicial magistrate Aman Singh Bhuria extended Faruqui’s judicial custody till January 27.
Police arrested Faruqui, who hails from Gujarat, and four others on January 1 following a complaint by a BJP MLA’s son that objectionable remarks were made by him and others about Hindu deities during a comedy show at a local cafe.