Barpeta (Assam): A local court in Assam's Barpeta granted bail to Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani on Friday, on the case filed against him under IPC sections 294/323/353/354. Earlier, Mevani was denied bail and was remanded to five days of police custody in connection with the case of assault on a policewoman. After hearing the plea, the court had reserved its order on Thursday. Anghsuman Bora, the lawyer of Jignesh Mevani, told the media that the Session Judge of Barpeta reserved his order on the bail plea and the court will pass it on Friday.
On Monday, after Mevani was granted bail in the case involving tweets about Prime Minister Narendra Modi, police re-arrested for assaulting a policewoman. An FIR on the former issue was filed against him after a complaint was filed by an Assam BJP leader, Arup Kumar Dey. The case against Mevani was lodged under sections 120B (criminal conspiracy), section 153(A) (promoting enmity between two communities), 295(A), and 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace), and sections of the IT Act. Tweeting about his arrest, Indian politician and economist belonging to CPI(M) called his arrest "travesty of justice".