Coverage of irregularity in voting ; Shiv Prasad @ Shiv Prasad Harijan & Anr. v. State Of U.P. & Anr.

Brief Facts : On April 19 2021 election of gram panchayat was scheduled and the petitioner was covering the news at the polling booth and that he reported the news about irregularity on the polling booth by the authorities and influential people through the Twitter handle. It was submitted that this caused annoyance to the authorities due to which this FIR was filed.

Summary : The court granted the interim relief of bail and observed that considering the facts and circumstances it was evident that mismanagement of the authorities was flashed on Twitter by applicant No.1 who is the journalist and other applicant is related to him.