A Delhi court has dismissed the bail plea of Neeraj Bishnoi, the alleged creator of Bulli Bai app, saying that his crime was not only against womanhood but also made to disturb communal harmony. Additional Sessions Judge Dharmendra Rana, on January 29, refused to grant relief to the accused, observing that the allegations against him were serious in nature and the investigation was at a preliminary stage.
Police stations in the country have received several complaints regarding the list of Muslim women for “auction” on the ‘Bully Bai’ mobile application, which were photographed and molested without permission. This is the second time this has happened in less than a year. The app appears to be a clone of ‘Sully Deal’, which started a similar line last year. The judge passed the order after hearing the arguments of the accused as well as the prosecution.
The harsh conduct of the accused applicant in targeting women journalists of a particular community on a social platform, using offensive surnames with derogatory communal tones is not only an offense against the essence of womanhood, but also to incite and sicken the passion There is also a function created. disturb communal harmony between communities, the judge said in the order. The accused had sought bail on the ground that the investigation against him has already been completed and keeping him behind bars would be of no use. He had said that he is an engineering student and has no criminal history.
The prosecution had opposed the bail application, saying that in the present case the morphed photographs of the complainant, a journalist, were shared through a web app on the Twitter handle @bullibai. It was submitted that the accused created a web app Bulibai on the Github website/portal platform using ProtonVPN to hide his identity. It is further submitted that after the arrest of the accused, his laptop and mobile phone were analyzed and uploaded using the Twitter handles @wannabesigmaf and @bullibai in the Bullibai web app including several lewd comments and derogatory remarks on the manipulated photographs of the victims. Various incriminating material has been recovered. , The Delhi Police had further said that the investigation is still in the initial stage and if the accused is released on bail, he may try to influence the fair course of the investigation. The probe agency had told the court that the accused used his Twitter handle to target women belonging to a particular community.
It told the court that the content of Bishnoi’s Twitter handle was derogatory as he and others were using words like ‘sully’ and ‘bully’ to refer to women of a particular community. Bishnoi, a 21-year-old engineering student, is said to be the main conspirator and creator of the Bulli Bai app on GitHub and the main Twitter account holder of the app. He was arrested by the Special Cell of Delhi Police from Jorhat in Assam on January 5, 2022.
An engineering student from Bengaluru, a girl from Uttarakhand and a friend of hers have also been arrested by the Mumbai Police in the ‘Bully Bye’ app case. The Delhi Police has booked offenses under sections 153A (promoting enmity on grounds of religion, etc.), 153B (accusations prejudicial to national integration), 354A (sexual harassment) and 509 (word, gesture) on the basis of a complaint by a journalist. A separate case was registered for or is intended to insult the modesty of a woman of the Indian Penal Code).
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