Chennai: Madras high court on Friday granted conditional bail to a Rajasthani man who allegedly created fake AI videos of Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay and scammed people. The court has directed him to appear before the investigating officer daily.Justice N Ramesh passed the order on an application moved by Shyabu Khan, a resident of Alwar district, Rajasthan. The court granted the relief since Shyabu Khan was in jail since Sept 12 and the police have completed the investigation.Shyabu Khan was charged for offences under Sections 204, 318(2) (cheating), 319(2) (cheating by personation), 336(3) (forgery), and 340(2) (use of forged document) of the BNS, and Sections 66C (identity theft) and 66D of the Information Technology Act.According to the prosecution, he had generated AI videos on social media impersonating chief minister C Joseph Vijay with the intention of inducing the public. It was submitted that the man had created two social media profiles and circulated AI videos asking the general public to contact them for any help and collected registration fee from public.On Friday, when the plea came up for hearing, the petitioner submitted that he was innocent and that one of his friends had created fake social media accounts and used his bank account to commit the offence.
