Accused was arrested 4 months ago by Cyber Crime Special Cell Delhi Police
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday granted bail to a youth from southern Kashmir’s Anantnag district who had been arrested by the Cyber Crime, Special Cell Delhi Police, in April for allegedly hacking websites and posting anti-national material on them.
The youth, Adil Hussain Teli son of Muhammad Yusuf Teli, a resident of Noonmai Yaripora, district Anantnag, was arrested in the last week of April from his rented room at 35-A, Bawa Khel Mithu Basti, Jalandhar, where he was pursuing BCA (Final Year) at St Soldiers Mgt & Tech Institute, Teli’s counsel said.
The court directed the petitioner be released on bail on his furnishing a personal bond of Rs 25,000 with two surety bonds of the like amount.
According to the bail order, the petitioner would not leave the country without the prior permission of the court concerned and in case of change of residential address the same will be intimated to the court concerned.
“The petitioner and the sureties would also submit their mobile numbers which will be kept in active mode and in case of change of mobile numbers, the same will be also intimated to the court concerned,” the order said, adding that the petitioner will not indulge in any other “similar activity nor tamper with the evidence or try to influence the witnesses.”
The case was represented by advocates Warisha Farasat, Shahrukh Alam, Rudraski Deo and Hafsa Khan.
Adil was booked by Cyber Cell in case FIR 47/2018 registered at PS Special Cell, Lodhi Colony under Section 66 Information Technology Act and section 124A IPC.
The FIR was registered on the complaint of one Sachin Makhija, owner of Rajan Overseas Manufacturer & Exporter, who had complained that their website “rajanoverseas.co.in” was hacked in March, 2018 and unwanted contents and images “on home and pages of our websites have been uploaded”.