Republic TV official gets transit anticipatory bail
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Questioning the conduct of Mumbai police, the High Court of Karnataka on Wednesday granted transit anticipatory bail for 20 days to Priya Mukherjee, Chief Operating Officer (COO) of M/s ARG Outlier Media Pvt. Ltd. that runs Republic TV community, Mumbai, within the ‘fake’ tv score factors (TRP) case.
Justice H.P Sandesh handed the order on a petition filed by Ms. Mukherjee, who had come to Bengaluru to take care of her ailing father.
The courtroom questioned the necessity for the Mumbai police to hurry to Bengaluru after she attended questioning classes by Mumbai police on November 17 and 18 and even after she had knowledgeable them she can be visiting Bengaluru to take care of her ailing father and can be accessible for questioning on November 24.
While turning down the declare of Mumbai police that they apprehended that she has ‘absconded’ as she had not talked about when she can be again, the courtroom mentioned that no correct reply was forthcoming from the police on why they got here to Bengaluru on November 20, the necessity for visiting her mother and father’ home, and to summon her to Bannerghatta police station with out stating cause within the discover.
The courtroom additionally didn’t settle for the competition of Mumbai police that she couldn’t have approached the Karnataka HC when the Bombay High Court had seized of the matter after her counsel identified that she had not filed petition earlier than the Bombay HC as such a petition was filed by Arnab Goswami, Editor-in-Chief of Republic TV. Taking word of how Mumbai police acted, Justice Sandesh noticed that that there’s cheap apprehension of the arrest of the petitioner and he or she was justified in knocking the doorways of the courtroom when her private liberty was at stake. It was alleged within the petition that the police are after her to elicit a response from her towards Mr. Goswami within the case and apprehended arrest regardless of she having knowledgeable them on her Bengaluru go to.
The courtroom gave her liberty to strategy the suitable authorized discussion board on expiry of 20-days and directed Mumbai police to launch her, if she is arrested, on she furnishing a bond for ₹2 lakh.
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