New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted bail to the BJP activist arrested for allegedly posting a morphed image of Mamata Banerjee on social media and ordered her release.The order for her release, initially being subject to her furnishing a written apology to the West Bengal chief minister, was later modified to revoke the condition.A vacation bench comprising justices Indira Banerjee and Sanjiv Khanna said that Priyanka Sharma, a BJP Yuva Morcha leader, will apologise in writing upon her release from jail for allegedly posting the morphed picture of the West Bengal chief minister.During the hearing, the bench observed that though freedom of speech is non-negotiable, “your freedom of speech ends when it infringes upon others’ rights”.Also Read: Free Speech Under Fire as Police Arrest BJP Youth Wing Leader for Sharing Mamata MemeThe bench observed that since Sharma is a member of a political party, the insinuation of posting such a picture will be different from those shared by common people.Sharma was arrested on May 10 by the West Bengal Police under Section 500 (defamation) of the IPC and under other provisions of the Information Technology Act on the complaint of a local Trinamool Congress leader Vibhas Hazra.
