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Ranchi: A Ranchi court granted bail to a student after a case was registered when she shared an objectionable post with an allegedly communal content on Facebook, on the condition that she would have to distribute five copies of the religious text Quran at different organisations.

The judicial magistrate Manish Singh allowed bail to the accused, Richa Bharti , while directing her to donate one copy of the religious text to Sadar Anjuman Islamia Committee and four copies to the libraries of various schools and colleges.

Ramparvesh Singh, lawyer appearing on behalf of the accused, said, “The court has given conditional bail stating that the girl will gift one copy to Anjuman Islamia in the presence of the administration and take a receipt. She would distribute four texts of the Quran to various libraries through the local police station. She has to submit the five receipts before the court within 15 days.”

A case was registered with the Pithoria police station when the girl shared a message on Facebook which allegedly had a communal content. Subsequently, the police arrested her and put her in jail but the action drew strong protests from the local community, including members of right wing Hindu organizations.

On Saturday, the locals staged a dharna in front of Pithoria police station which was withdrawn after the rural SP Ashutosh Shekhar assured that the accused will be released soon.

