A court in Haryana's Hisar district has dismissed the bail plea of YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra, who was arrested in May on the suspicion of espionage, and said there is a reasonable apprehension that her release on bail may impede the probe.

Hisar police had arrested Malhotra (33), who ran the YouTube channel 'Travel with JO', on May 16 under provisions of the Official Secrets Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). Malhotra at present is in judicial custody.

In its detailed order, the court of Additional Sessions Judge Dr Parminder Kaur dismissed the regular bail plea.

"There exists on the record a prima facie case of considerable gravity under the Official Secrets Act and the BNS provisions relied upon; the forensic material recovered from the accused's electronic device, the SMAC (mul

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