In 2021, the ‘Sulli Deals’ controversy started surfacing where an app of the same name was being used to auction Muslim women. Despite much outrage, no arrests were made. 

Another app called ‘Bulli Bai’ used pictures of more than 100 Muslim women (many of whom were influential personalities from media and civil society).

It was then the police arrested the accused. 

Niraj Bishnoi was nabbed on 6th January and the creator of Sulli Deals, Aumkareshwar Thakur was arrested three days later.

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After almost two months, the Delhi Court granted bail to both accused, who are students, on ‘humanitarian grounds'. The court said that the culprits are first-time offenders and continuing imprisonment will be detrimental to their future and well-being. 

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However, the judgement is not sitting well with some people and they are expressing their disappointment on social media. 

While some are calling it unfair to the Muslim women of India who were publicly auctioned and humiliated, others said that the court is biased toward the preparators. 

Here is how people reacted to the decision of the Delhi HC granting bail to the two accused. 

"Bulli bai, Sulli deals" creator gets bail on humanitarian ground!

Selling muslim women online is indeed humane in india.

Judiciary : Ye bachcha kiska hai, le jaao.. #BulliBai pic.twitter.com/0lEOh4R8l8

Where that Humanitarian Grounds disappear when it comes to a minority? Why that did not apply to old & ailing Stan Swamy or pregnant Safoora Zargar? https://t.co/0IlLPVOEIL via @ndtv

Bulli Bai' app case accused Niraj Bishnoi and 'Sulli Deals' app creator Omkareshwar Thakur have been granted bail on humanitarian grounds.

83 years old Stan Swamy, suffering from medical condition, was denied straw and sipper.

After doing an inhuman act, getting bail on humanitarian grounds!

It’s hard to overlook the fact that if the ‘Sulli Deal’ culprit had been arrested and punished in time, then Bulli Bai would not have happened because the creator would have known the consequences and thought a million times before objectifying and demeaning Muslim women online like that. 

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People can make this about religion, as they are on Twitter and other social media platforms where they are claiming that if the boys were from any other faith, they would not have been spared, but, ultimately, it’s the women who have been wronged, not one religion.  

Both accused being granted bail within two months of committing the heinous cybercrime further shakes our faith regarding the security of women and the crimes against them. 

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