SC to hear plea on youth arrested for Facebook post on Azam Khan

March 20, 2015 09:28

The Supreme Court will on Friday hear a plea seeking explanation from the Uttar Pradesh Police on the circumstances under which a Class XII student was arrested for allegedly posting on Facebook 'objectionable' comments on senior Samajwadi Party leader and state minister Azam Khan.

The plea will be heard by a bench comprising Justices AR Dave, J Chelameswar and Kurian Joseph.

On Thursday, a court in Rampur granted bail to the 19-year-old youth.

A local court had on Wednesday sent him to 14-day judicial custody.

The youth was booked under Section 66A of the Information Technology Act which has been challenged and the judgement was reserved by the apex court on February 26.

The present application questioning the arrest of Bareilly youth was filed by a Delhi-based girl and law student Shreya Shingal, who was the first person to file a PIL challenging the validity of Section 66A.

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