Allahabad HC grants bail to journalist Prashant Kanojia

Kanojia was arrested on August 18 after an FIR was filed against him in Lucknow for allegedly “morphing” a social media post made by the member of an outfit called the Hindu Army, and then tweeting it; three months later he gets bail.

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Prashant Kanojia was arrested for allegedly tweeting a “morphed” social media post made by a member of an outfit called the Hindu Army. The Allahabad High Court Wednesday granted bail to freelance journalist Prashant Kanojia, LiveLaw reported.

Kanojia was arrested from his east Delhi residence by Uttar Pradesh Police on August 18 after an FIR was filed against him in Lucknow.  According to the FIR, filed on the basis of a complaint by sub-inspector Dinesh Kumar Shukla, a Facebook post by Hindu Army’s Sushil Tiwari was morphed, and was tweeted by Kanojia “with intention to malign” Tiwari’s fame.

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