New Delhi: A sessions court has denied bail to the 14 Muslim youth arrested last month in the Ganga iftar case, with the judge remarking on Wednesday (April 1) that they appear to have intended to affect social harmony.The men, who broke their Ramzan fast in a boat over the Ganga on March 15, were accused by local BJP youth wing worker Rajat Jaiswal of eating meat and throwing the waste in the river below them.They were then arrested, with the police invoking a battery of provisions against them including BNS sections pertaining to defiling a place of worship, outraging religious feelings and, later, extortion.Arguing for bail in a Varanasi sessions court on Wednesday, the accused’s lawyer reiterated his stance made before the trial court last month that videos of their boat ride did not show them eating meat and that the police did not recover any either, LiveLaw reported.They were ‘falsely implicated’ out of ‘political malice’ and ‘vendetta’ and at the behest of ruling BJP leaders, their lawyer also submitted.However the state counsel argued that what happened was a premeditated act ‘designed to threaten public peace’ and ‘communal amity’. They also said that the youths’ ‘supporters’ were continuously threatening the informant in the case.Ultimately sessions judge Alok Kumar concluded that the youths’ “posting the said video on social media prima facie proves that the said incident was committed with the objective of affecting social harmony”, per LiveLaw.That clips of their boat ride and meal were circulated online deepened the gravity of the incident, judge Kumar added, denying their prayer for bail.Earlier, the trial court too had denied them bail in the controversial case.