A Delhi court on Wednesday granted bail to social media influencer Neelam Singh, also known as ‘Skin Doctor’ on X, for allegedly posting objectionable content about businessman Sanjay Kapoor’s family on social media, after he pointed out that there was no crime in his post.
Judicial Magistrate First Class Snehil Sharma of Patiala House Courts granted bail to Sharma at 10 pm after producing the accused at the judge’s residence.
The judge noted that “there is no criminal intent in the accused’s act and no crime appears from the aforementioned tweet.”
Delhi Police arrested Singh, a dermatologist with an active social media presence, on Wednesday evening after a complaint was lodged by the late Sanjay Kapoor’s wife, Priya Kapoor, at Vasant Kunj police station.
It stated that the post regarding the Kapoor family, which was allegedly posted on X (formerly Twitter) by the accused, was false and arose out of alleged tampering with court records.
She stated that the alleged defamatory content was deliberately published against her to settle her reputation.
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A First Information Report (FIR) has been lodged in the matter under Sections 303 (theft), 356(2) (defamation) and relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Information Technology (IT) Act.
In its order, the court cited Arnesh Kumar’s guidelines, which prohibit unnecessary detention for arrests punishable by imprisonment of less than seven years.
The court noted that “the accused cooperated in the investigation and there is no need for further detention.”
The police had applied for his detention for two days, noting that Singh did not cooperate in the investigation into the alleged posts and was evasive in his responses. They stated that he did not respond to the summons presented to him.
Lawyer Ravi Sharma and Siddharth Handa, on behalf of Singh, argued that the court records were public documents and were part of a signed affidavit and that the accused had no criminal record.
