Allahabad HC grants bail to journalist Prashant Kanojia, set to be released on Thursday

The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday granted bail to journalist Prashant Kanojia, who will be released from custody tomorrow, legal news website BarandBench.com reported.

Kanojia was picked up by the Uttar Pradesh Police from his Delhi house in August for allegedly posting a morphed tweet related to the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya.

An FIR was registered at the Hazratganj Police station alleging that Kanojia had tweeted a morphed photo of a social media post made by Hindu Army leader Sushil Tiwari to promote enmity between two or more communities.

During the last hearing, the High Court had granted four weeks' time to the state government to file its reply in the bail plea moved by the journalist.

Kanojia was granted bail by the Supreme Court last year after he was arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Police for tweets against Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.