Swamy gets bail for anti-Muslim rant in Mumbai paper

January 13, 2012 12:49

The Delhi high court has also ordered Subramanian Swamy not to write any inflammatory articles and to give an undertaking to the effect.

The case was filed against Swamy for spreading enmity by writing an inflammatory article in a Mumbai newspaper, DNA, last year, titled How to wipe out Islamic terror. He has been given bail till January 30.

A FIR was registered by the Crime Branch of Delhi Police in October, three months after the publication of the article which was considered offensive to Muslims.

He was charged under Section 153A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for spreading enmity between communities after a complaint by a member of the National Minorities Commission.

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