Haridwar Dharma Sansad case: SC grants 3 months interim bail to Jitendra Narayan Singh Tyagi

The bench, also comprising Justice Vikram Nath, was hearing an appeal filed by Tyagi against the Uttarakhand High Court order denying him bail.

On the previous date of hearing, the Supreme Court had sought the response of the state government on his bail plea. On Tuesday, the state told the court that communal harmony has to be maintained at all costs and added that Tyagi should not make any inciting statements.

The case against Tyagi and others was lodged on the complaint of Nadeem Ali, a resident of Jwalapur Haridwar on January 2, 2022. He was held on January 13 under Sections 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence) and 298 (uttering words with deliberate intent to wound religious feelings of any person) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

Rizvi converted to from Islam to Hinduism and accepted the new name last December.