Following is the chronology of events in cases against Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair in which the Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered his release:
*Mar 24, 2018: Mohammed Zubair made the alleged Tweet.
*Mar 19, 2022: A Twitter user 'Hanuman Bhakt' tags Delhi Police in his tweet quoting Mohammed Zubair's tweet.
*Jun 1: UP Police lodges an FIR against Mohammed Zubair.
*Jun 27: Delhi Police arrests Mohammed Zubair, takes him into a day's custody.
*Jun 28: Court extends Mohammed Zubair's custodial interrogation by police by 4 days.
*Jul 2: Court dismisses Mohammed Zubair's bail application, sends him to judicial custody.
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*Jul 8: SC grants interim bail to Mohammed Zubair in case lodged in UP on June 1.
*Jul 12: SC extends intrinsic bail granted to Mohammed Zubair in case lodged in UP on June 1.
*Jul 15: Sessions court in Delhi grants bail to Mohammed Zubair in case lodged here.
*Jul 14: Mohammed Zubair moves SC seeking quashing of FIRs in UP.
*Jul 18: SC protects Mohammed Zubair from any precipitative action in relation to any FIRs filed against him in UP.
*Jul 20: SC grants interim bail to Mohammed Zubair in all the six FIRs lodged against him in UP; Court issues release warrants in all 7 cases lodged in Delhi and UP.
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(With PTI inputs(
