The Madhya Pradesh High Court in an order dated January 28, 2021, has dismissed the bail applications of stand up comedian Munawar Faruqui and Nalin Yadav, also an accused. The two were arrested on January 2 for allegedly hurting religious sentiments on their show. Also Read | Five stand-up comedians held in MP over hurting religious sentiments: Police> Post the registration of the FIR against them, the applicants had approached Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Indore. The district court had sent Faruqui and four others to judicial custody till January 13, as reported by PTI. > On January 14, Faruqui had moved the Madhya Pradesh high court after being in jail for two weeks.

Source: Hindustan Times January 28, 2021 09:05 UTC