The Supreme Court vacation bench Tuesday ordered the immediate release of BJP worker Priyanka Sharma, who was arrested for sharing a morphed image of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on social media. A bench comprising of Justices Indira Banerjee and Sanjiv Khanna had modified their earlier order which said Sharma’s release would be subject to her tendering a written apology. The bench had later dropped the condition and said she would have to apologise following her release. Justice Sanjiv Khanna said the court would not have directed apology if it has been a common man who shared the meme. On May 11, she was produced before a court in Howrah which remanded her in judicial custody for 14 days.

Source: Indian Express May 14, 2019 07:07 UTC