Jignesh Mevani granted bail in case related to tweet against PM Modi

Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani on Monday was granted bail by Kokrajhar Court in a case related to a tweet on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, reported ANI.

"Arrested Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani Jignesh Mevani was granted bail by a local court of Kokrajhar today," Advocate Angshuman Bora, lawyer of Jignesh Mevani told ANI

This comes a day after a court in Assam`s Kokrajhar district reserved its order on the bail petition of Independent Gujarat MLA and Dalit activist Jignesh Mevani, and sent him to one-day judicial custody.

The Chief Judicial Magistrate`s court, according to lawyers, asked police to produce Mevani again in the court on Monday, when the court is likely to give its order on his bail petition.

After the CMJ court`s order, Mevani`s lawyers told the media that they would appeal to a higher court for his bail.

The MLA was arrested from his home state on Wednesday night in connection with an "objectionable" comment against the Prime Minister he made through a tweet on April 18, Mevani was flown to Guwahati on Thursday morning from where he was taken to Kokrajhar by road.

His arrest came on a complaint filed by an Assam BJP leader seeking action against him under the IT Act.

A delegation of the All India United Democratic Front also visited Mevani at the police station. CPI-M legislator Manoranjan Talukdar and Independent MLA Akhil Gogoi had also met Mevani in the police station.

The details of Mevani's tweets are not known as it was deleted by the authorities for legal reasons.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday termed the Mevani's arrest as "undemocratic" and "unconstitutional" and said Prime Minister Narendra Modi cannot imprison the truth by trying to "crush" dissent.