New Delhi, Sept. 24 -- The Delhi High Court on Thursday denied anticipatory bail to YouTuber and social media influencer Ajeet Bharti in a case registered under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, over his alleged remarks concerning Nagina MP Chandrashekhar Azad.

Justice Saurabh Banerjee held that the offences under Sections 3(1)(r) and 3(1)(s) of the SC/ST Act were prima facie made out against Bharti and noted that there was a statutory bar on granting anticipatory bail in such circumstances.

Section 3(1)(r) of the Act relates to intentionally insulting or intimidating a member of an SC/ST community with an intent to humiliate in a place within public view, while Section 3(1)(s) concerns abus...