Archive · 6 Oct 2026
Court Discharges Engineering Student in Bulli Bai App Case
A court has cleared engineering student Vishal Jha in the Bulli Bai app case.
He was arrested in 2022.
The app was allegedly used to post Muslim women’s photos with objectionable comments.
Prosecutors said Jha followed the app and was in contact with other accused people.
The court said those facts alone were not enough to show he committed an offence.
It found no evidence that he made the app or shared the photos.
Another accused, Mayank Rawat, was not cleared in April.
The court said there was initial evidence that Rawat downloaded and posted women’s photos.
A magistrate court discharged 25-year-old Vishal Jha, who was arrested in 2022 in the Bulli Bai app case.
The court found no evidence that Jha created the app, helped create it, or shared photographs of Muslim women.
The prosecution alleged Jha followed the app and was in contact with co-accused; the court said those facts alone did not establish an offence.
The case concerns an alleged mock auction app that posted Muslim women’s photographs with objectionable comments.
In April, the court rejected another accused, Mayank Rawat’s, discharge plea, citing prima facie evidence that he downloaded and posted women’s photographs.
- Who
- Vishal Jha, a 25-year-old engineering student, was discharged by a magistrate court.
- What
- The court cleared Jha in the Bulli Bai app case, finding insufficient evidence of his involvement in creating the app or sharing photographs.
- When
- The discharge decision followed Jha’s arrest in 2022; the article does not give the decision date.
- Where
- The case was investigated by the Mumbai Police; the article does not specify where the magistrate court hearing took place.
- Why
- The court said following the app and being in contact with co-accused did not establish an offence, and the chargesheet alleged no further role for Jha.
- Person discharged
- Vishal Jha, aged 25
- Arrest
- Jha was arrested in 2022
- Court finding
- No evidence showed Jha created the app, helped create it, or shared photographs of Muslim women
- App allegation
- Bulli Bai was allegedly a mock auction app featuring Muslim women’s photographs and objectionable comments
- Other accused
- In April, the court rejected Mayank Rawat’s discharge plea, citing prima facie evidence that he downloaded and posted photographs
- Investigating unit
- The complaint was filed by the cyber cell unit of the Bandra Kurla Complex
- Charges cited
- The complaint included sections of the Indian Penal Code and relevant sections of the Information Technology Act