A local court here has granted interim bail to three youth who were arrested for allegedly posting"harassing and abusive" comments on social networking site Facebook for the all girl band "˜Pragaash"™ earlier this month.
Principal Session"™s Court Srinagar granted the bail to them subject to the condition that all the accused shall appear before the court on February 26.
The youth"Tariq Majid Khan, Rameez Ahmad Shah and Irshad Ahmad Chara"were arrested by police on February 7 in connection with case (FIR no. 5/2013) under section 66A IT Act read with 153A, 506 of RPC in police station Raj Bagh here.
Tariq Majid Khan son of Abdul Majid Khan of SK Colony, Islamabad (Anantnag), has completed his post-graduation in English Literature. Rameez Ahmad Shah son of Muhammad Shafi Shah of Baba Wayil Gutli Bagh, Ganderbal, is a class 12 student and Irshad Ahmad Chara son of Abdul Ahad Chara of SD Colony, Batamaloo, Srinagar is a graduate and works as a cable operator.
Police had on February 6 registered a case against unidentified persons who reportedly gave online threats to Kashmir"™s first all-girls band vide FIR number 05/2013 under Section 66 A of the IT Act and Section 506 RPC (criminal intimidation).