The Kerala High Court on Thursday directed Lakshadweep police to grant interim bail of one week to filmmaker Aisha Sultana in case they decide to arrest her after questioning her in a sedition case.
An FIR was lodged against the filmmaker following a police complaint by the BJP's Lakshadweep unit chief C Abdul Khader Haji, who objected to her use of the term "bioweapon" while criticising the Centre and Lakshadweep Administrator Praful Khoda Patel over the easing of COVID protocols.
Aisha Sultana apologised before the court, saying she never realised that the use of the term "bioweapon" was an offence
Meanwhile, her counsel argued that she was criticising the government and that it did not attract the charge of sedition.