India, Sept. 24 -- The Delhi High Court on Thursday, September 24, denied anticipatory bail to YouTuber Ajeet Bharti in a case registered against him under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

Justice Saurabh Banerjee held that an offence under the SC/ST Act was prima facie made out against Bharti and that the statutory bar under the law applied to his plea for anticipatory bail. The court said the petition was therefore not maintainable. A detailed order is awaited.

Bharti had approached the High Court after a trial court on September 7 rejected his anticipatory bail plea in the case. The FIR was registered at North Avenue Police Station on August 23 under provisions of the SC/ST Act, Section 67 of ...