Madras HC grants bail to YouTuber ‘Saattai’ Duraimurugan

The Madurai Bench of the Madras  High Court has granted bail to YouTuber and Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK) functionary ‘Sattai’ A.Duraimurugan in two  cases registered against him for making derogatory remarks
against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K.Stalin and former DMK patriarch M.Karunanidhi.

When the petition came up for hearing, Justice K.Murali Shankar granted bail on the condition that the YouTuber should deposit Rs 50,000 to the Chief Minister’s Public Relief Fund.

The Judge also directed him not to make any further derogative remarks through any medium.

Duraimurugan, who was running a YouTube channel ‘Saattai,’ was booked under IPC secs 143, 153, 153A, 504, 505 (1)(b), 505(2), 506 (i) and 269 read with Section 3 of Epidemic Diseases and Section 67 of Information Technology Act for his inflammatory speech during a protest on November 10 at Thucklay in Kanyakumari district, in violation of the COVID-19 norms, besides making derogatory remarks against Stalin and Karunanidhi.

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