Today, the High Court of Delhi has granted bail to BJP spokesperson Prashant Umrao till 20 March. The State Police of Tamil Naidu registered a case against him for making attacks on migrant workers in the southern state. He is also a member of Goa Standing Counsel.

Umrao sought relief for 3 months but the Bench of Justice Jasmeet Singh observed that such a luxury cannot be allowed and granted him relief till March 20.

The Counsel member of the Tamil Naidu Senior Counsel Sanjay Hegde said that the accused is in the habit of making such unsubstantiated allegations and inflammatory tweets and later deleting it without even offering any clarification.

"He has a history of making tweets that incite violence. He is standing counsel for Goa. He is a man of some standing. Freedom of speech does not mean you light fire to a crowded theatre. He has a continual record of making such tweets and then deleting it without even a clarification," Senior Counsel Sanjay Hegde argued.

"I will only see that he gets a proper redressal. I will only ensure that he gets access to justice," said Court.

State Police of TN charged Umrao for spreading rumours on different social media platforms about the alleged "killing" of migrant workers from Bihar who work in Tamil Nadu. Umrao has been booked under Sections 153 (provocation for rioting), 153A (Promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) and 505 (statements conducing to public mischief) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

The Court ordered to share his contact number with the counsel for Tamil Nadu and granted him bail till 20th March