Bail granted to man accused of circulating morphed video of PM on social media

Delhi court on Tuesday granted bail to a man accused of circulating a morphed video of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on social media, saying he satisfied the triple test for bail comprising flight risk, tampering of evidence and influencing witnesses.

Additional Sessions Judge Saurabh Partap Singh Laler was hearing the bail plea of the accused against whom the special cell of the Delhi Police had registered an FIR. The accused, Vinod Tiwari, had been in jail since March 14. According to the prosecution, the present FIR was registered on the complaint of one Mohammed Abdullah, alleging that a Facebook account in the name of Vinod Tiwari was circulating an AI-generated and morphed video depicting the prime minister “making derogatory remarks, thereby having the potential to disturb public order and harmony”.