NEW DELHI: A Delhi court has granted regular bail to a man accused of posting an AI-morphed image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on social media, while also directing a preliminary enquiry into an alleged forged document relating to his arrest.
Passing the order, Additional Sessions Judge Saurabh Pratap Singh Laler of the Patiala House Courts allowed the first regular bail application filed by Mujahid Jamal Shaikh in connection with FIR No. 44/2026 registered at the Special Cell police station.
The applicant was booked under Sections 336(4), 356(2), and 353(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), along with Section 66 of the Information Technology Act.
According to the prosecution, the accused had allegedly reposted on February 1, 2026, an AI-generated morphed image from his X account depicting the Prime Minister bowing before actor Shah Rukh Khan.
The complaint was lodged on February 18 by SI Ankur Tomar. The accused initially joined the investigation on March 12 at Mangaon Police Station in Maharashtra, where his mobile phone was seized. He was later arrested on March 18 by the Investigating Officer after the probe was transferred to the Special Cell.