SC to see if courts can restrict a person on bail from using social media

The Supreme Court Friday said it would consider the issue of whether a court can impose the condition of restricting a person from using social media while granting him bail.

The issue cropped up before the apex court which was hearing an appeal that said this was one of the conditions imposed in the May 20 order of the Allahabad High Court which had granted bail to an accused in an alleged sedition case.

The high court had imposed one of the conditions that the accused shall not use social media till the conclusion of trial.

Later on June 1, the high court had modified this condition to the extent that restraint on the use of social media shall continue on him for a period of 18 months or till the conclusion of trial, whichever is earlier.