Masood, who was sent to jail for 14 days after a video footage of a rally in Saharanpur showed him attacking Modi had gone viral on the web, was granted bail by additional district judge Chaturth Chavanprakash here on two bonds of Rs 50,000 each with a warning not to make such remarks.
During the proceedings, the defence counsel argued that Masood had been wrongly charged under sections pertaining to hurting religious sentiments saying his statements were not derogatory to any particular religious group.
Presenting evidence that the video clipping was of an old rally, the defence counsel said the man standing next to Masood, Sher Singh Rana, had passed away and also pointed out that the Congress leader was not surrounded by security men as would have been the case if it was an election rally.
Warning that such statements should not be repeated, Judge Chavanprakash granted bail to 40-year-old Masood.
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In a video that went viral on the web, Masood threatened to "chop" Modi "into pieces", a remark that led to an FIR being filed against him on March 28 besides sparking an outrage. He was subsequently arrested on March 29.
Masood was produced before Deoband Judicial Magistrate Archana Rani on March 29 and was sent to judicial custody for 14 days.